Unit 1- Law P2
The law society local group has developed a programme of CPD (continuous personal development) to support trainees and as part of their initial training programme have set at all trainees three essays to write(using word/pages). You are expected to draw on your own practical experience in the Courts to illustrate your essays.
Magistrates
Introduction
Lay people (people who are not legally qualified) are used to make decisions in Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court. There are around 25,000 lay Magistrates sitting as part time judges in the magistrates’ Courts. They sit to hear cases as a bench of two or three magistrates. A single lay Magistrates sitting on his or own has very limited power.
There are also District Judges
The law society local group has developed a programme of CPD (continuous personal development) to support trainees and as part of their initial training programme have set at all trainees three essays to write(using word/pages). You are expected to draw on your own practical experience in the Courts to illustrate your essays.
Magistrates
Introduction
Lay people (people who are not legally qualified) are used to make decisions in Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court. There are around 25,000 lay Magistrates sitting as part time judges in the magistrates’ Courts. They sit to hear cases as a bench of two or three magistrates. A single lay Magistrates sitting on his or own has very limited power.
There are also District Judges