what is civil law/? Flashcards
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What is it?
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Concerned with the relationships between different individuals and groups…involves cases such as wills, contracts. The most successful result in compensation awards
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County courts
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These deal with small scale civil cases, Includes disputes over small contracts, wills, and many divorce cases
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High ;) court
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this hears more complex cases, or those referred to it by county courts. The high court has three divisions: -the queen's bench division - the family division -the chancery division
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court of appeal
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the civil division of the court of appeal deals with cases on appeal from the lower courts