Inferior courts in england and wales

The most common (1) in England and Wales are: Magistrates' Courts,

Family Proceedings Courts, Youth courts, County Courts. Magistrates' Courts

(2) a bench of lay magistrates (or (3)), or a legally-

trained district judge (formerly known as (4)), sitting in each

local justice area. They hear (5), as well as certain licensing

applications. (6) are run on similar lines to Adult magistrates'

courts but deal with (7) aged between 10 and 17. Youth courts are

IHH presided over by a (8) subset of experienced Adult Magistrates or a

TTTT District Judge. Youth Magistrates have a wider (9) available to them

for 4c dealing with young offenders and often hear (10) against youths. In

addition some Magistrates' Courts are also Family’s Proceedings Courts and hear Family law

cases including (11) and they have the power to make adoption orders. Family

Proceedings Courts (12). Youth courts are not open to the public, only the parties

(13) in a case being admitted. County Courts are statutory courts with a purely

(14). They are presided over by a District or Circuit Judge and the judge sits alone

as (15) without assistance from a jury. County courts have divorce jurisdiction and

undertake private family cases, care proceedings and adoptions. County Courts are local courts in the sense that each one has an area over which certain kinds of jurisdiction - such as actions

(16) land or cases concerning children who reside in the area - are exercised. For

example, proceedings for (17) must be started in the county court in whose district

the property lies. The Court Service administers the tribunals that (18) of the Lord

Chancellor.

5. Work in pairs. Fill in the table below on the basis of exercises 2-4. Then use the table to tell your partner everything you know about the UK Court System.

— SYSTEM OF UK COURTS
Functions of lower courts
Types of law which go beyond England and Wales
Courts administered by Her Majesty’s Court Service
Functions of the House of Lords as a court before the 2005 Constitutional Reform
Who took over the functions of the House of Lords as a court after the 2005 Constitutional Reform
Impeachment cases in England
Functions of the Privy Council as a court

TYPES OF UK COURTS

The Supreme Court structure	1
The name the Supreme Court of England and Wales now? Why?
The function and structure of the Court of Appeal
The Civil Division function
The Criminal Division function
The High Court of Justice function and structure
The procedure of hearing cases in each division	*
The division which exercises criminal jurisdiction
The divisional court function and structure
The Crown Court function and structure
The court which can review the Crown Court’s judgments
: INFERIOR COURTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
The most common courts in England and Wales
Magistrates' Courts function and structure
Youth Courts function and structure
Family’s Proceedings Courts function and structure
County Courts function and structure
Court Service function and structure

6. At home compare and contrast the UK and the US court systems. In which ways are they similar and in which different? Don’t give separate descriptions of each Constitution. You may use the clues in the boxes below. See also: Opinion Essays in the Recommendations on Creative Writing Work.

Stating and justifying opinions

I think that... In my opinion ... To my mind, ... I believe that... Personally, I feel that... I can't be certain, but I think ... I could be wrong, but I think ... I personally think ... If you want to know what I think,... This is what I think ... In my personal opinion .. Not everybody will agree with me, but... I'm not sure, but I think that...

...is like	is similar to ... ...resembles...	... both ... neither ..	-er than
as...as	not as., .as/not so ... as so ... (that)	such... (that)	more than...
more of a...,	less of a... as much of a ..., the older	....the more the more ..., the less
	however... in contrast to... unlike...	on the other hand.

Making conclusions / stating results

connectives for making conclusions /stating results : subordinate clause with “ so, so... (that), such... .(that),

therefore, consequently, as a result, otherwise, or else, must.”