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10 Cards in this Set
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Cross Section of Society |
49% are women mags compared to 10% of women judges. |
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Local Knowledge |
More awareness of local events. Paul V DPP decided a kerb crawler would be a nuisance to the residential area. |
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Cost |
Much cheaper than Judges |
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Legal Advisor |
Overcomes criticism that Mags are not legally qualified. |
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Few Appeals |
Magistrates courts have less appeals than all the other courts. |
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Unrepresentative of Society |
Most are middle aged and middle class. |
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Prosecution and Police Bias |
Police are frequent witnesses so they become well known. In R V Bingham the only evidence was the motorist and police officer, the mag believed the evidence of the officer. |
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Inconsistency with sentecing |
Different areas give different people different sentences for the same crime.
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Increasing complexity of the law |
The law is becoming more difficult to interpret and more complex. |
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Changing times |
In the last 10yrs 125 mags courts have been shut which means people are being sent to different courts so the advantage of local knowledge is lost. |
