Courts of England and Wales

Legal personnel within the English courts English courts’ legal personnel’s role differs depending on the court. There are different cases of lay personnel in a court, mainly criminal; magistrates and jurors. Their effectiveness could be considered relevant or irrelevant. Justices of the Peace, or magistrates derive from the 1195’s Richard I’s knights who were requested to maintain the peace in areas where there was a lack of governing body and controlling that laws imposed by the king were…

the separation of powers. In the UK the constitutional reform act certainly tried to implement a separation of powers. The Supreme Court in the UK took over the existing role of the Law Lords as well as some powers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and removed the functions of Speaker of the House of Lords and Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales from the office of Lord Chancellor which applied a greater separation of powers. However in the U.S they have a greater separation…

The patterning of criminal behaviour according to one’s sex can lead to close links to the kind of crimes men and women commit (Walkate: 12). It is a fact that crime is committed immensely by males. However, those committed by women can have a bigger impact within criminology and can construct a picture of why women commit and may be victims of crime. Official crime statistics is a quick method of gaining an insight on crimes being recorded and committed. However, Walkate’s view of official…

English law means the legal system of England and Wales and the three principles of sources are statutes, EU Law and common law. Common law, case law, is the main legal system which was implemented in UK. ‘The common law is judicially created law that is developed on a case by case basis,’ Chief Justice Hannah of the Supreme Court of Arkansas in Mason v State. It simply means UK is examined the cases by judicial precedent which is referring to the previous case or statutes and applied it into…

Inigo Jones was undoubtedly the bringer of successful classical and High Renaissance Italian architectural styles to England. He is often highly associated with Palladio and Vitruvius; so much so that the eighteenth century revivals of Palladio included design by Jones, and he has been given the title of "Vitruvius Britannicus". These associations though, severely simplify and limit Jones's personal expression. He was not simply a follower of classical Italianate styles; instead he adjusted,…

Test The Children Act (1989) is the pinnacle of safeguarding and protecting the rights and welfare of children in England and Wales. Section 1(1) of the Children Act sets out the provision any question brought to court with respect to the ‘upbringing of the child…the child’s welfare shall be the court’s paramount consideration’ . In order to preserve this consideration the courts have adopted an objective, common law ‘best interest’ test to resolve disputes between parties. This test is custom…

of rules and procedures, courts and systems. Legal disputes between the private individuals in areas like family law, company law, partnership law, law of banking and finance, consumer law and likewise are resolved by the civil justice system whereas the criminal justice system looks into serious crimes, murder, drug trafficking and similar cases which are prohibited by law. The criminal court structure consists of the justice of peace, the sheriff court and the high court of jurisdiciary on the…

only referred to as corporate manslaughter if it is under the law of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Within Scotland it is regards as corporate homicide, and companies accused of corporate homicide could only be indicted within the High Court of Justiciary, which is the criminal supreme court of Scotland. The supreme court for civil disputes for Scotland is the same as for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Supreme court (CMA…

An out of court disposal is a way of dealing with a criminal offence, through methods which do not require a prosecution in court. Their use is often for low level, first time offences. There are a wide range of out of court disposals, they include (although are not limited to) the cannabis warning, simple caution, youth caution, conditional cautions, conditional discharge and penalty notices for disorder. For an out of court disposal to be given, the offender must admit their guilt and there…

possibly the Prince of Wales. (The Gunpowder Plot of 1605) Catesby first recruited Thomas Wintour, Jack Wright, and Thomas Percy, but the group quickly grew to 13 people including Guy Fawkes. Fawkes, while not being apart of the original few, was a strong addition due to his history. (Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night) When Guy Fawkes was a boy he lived near York with his father Edward and mother Edith. As a committed Protestant, his father work solicitor for the religious court of the church.…