The judiciary: types and role in civil courts.

Question 1

What is the main role of the judiciary?

Answer 1

To make decisions in respect of disputes. This must be done in a fair, unbiased way, applying the law and the leal procedure of England and Wales.

Question 2

What are the 3 superior judges?

Answer 2

• Justices of the Supreme Court
• Lord Justices of Appeal in the Court of Appeal
• High court judges who sit in three divisions of the high court,

Question 3

What are the 4 inferior judges?

Answer 3

• Circuit judges who sit in the County court
• District judges who hear small claims and other matters in the County court
• Recorders who are part time judges
• Tribunal judges

Question 4

How many cases a year does the justices of the supreme court hear?

Answer 4

100 cases a year

Question 5

What happens to the decision that is made in the supreme court?

Answer 5

It becomes a precedent for all lower courts to follow in later similar cases.

Question 6

What is the work of the lord justices of appeal of c of a?

Answer 6

concerned with appeals from he lower courts.

Question 7

How many civil appeals do the c of a hear?

Answer 7

3,000

Question 8

How many people in the panel is there in the C of A?

Answer 8

3

Question 9

What happens to the decisions that is made in the C of A?

Answer 9

Become precedents for all lower courts to follow in later similar cases.

Question 10

What is role of a high court judge?

Answer 10

try first instance cases. The judges sit not heir own to decide the law and the facts.

Question 11

What happens in the trial for a high court judge?

Answer 11

The judge will preside over the court and decide legal issues concerning admissibility of evidence. They will hear evidence from witnesses, decide what the law is and give a reasoned decision as to which side has won the case.

Question 12

What does the high court judge do is the defendant is held liable?

Answer 12

Decides the award of damages or other ready such as an injunction.

Question 13

What does the high court judge do once the case has been decided?

Answer 13

The judge will also have to deal with the costs of the case and decide how much the successful party’s costs the unsuccessful party will have to pay.

Question 14

What is the role of a circuit judge, district judge, recorders?

Answer 14

Same as the role as a high court judge.

Question 15

How many cases does a tribunal judge hear?

Answer 15

A million cases a year