III. Agree or disagree with the statements:

1. The Queen's Bench Division has four roles.

2. The head of the QBD was the Lord Chief Justice starting from 2005.

3. The Divisional Court of the Division hears appeals on points of law from magistrates' courts except for the Crown courts.

4. Anyone who wants to challenge any decision of a lesser court brings a claim for judicial review in the Administrative Court, a sub-division of the Queen's Bench Division.

5. If the matter is fit to bring to the court, it is allowed to go forward to a full judicial review hearing.

6. Appeals from the High Court in civil matters lie to the House of Lords.

7. In criminal matters appeal from the Divisional Court lies to the Court of Appeal.

8. Commercial Court, the Admiralty Court and the Administrative Court are sub-divisions of the Queen's Bench Division.

9. The Technology and Construction Court doesn’t belong to the Queen's Bench Division.

10. There is no Queen's Bench Division these days.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. What are the roles of the Queen’s Bench division?

2. Where do the Queen's Bench Division judges sit?

3. What does the Divisional Court of the Division hear?

4. What can anyone do if he wants to challenge any decision of a lesser court, tribunal, and government authority?

5. Where do appeals from the High Court in civil matters go?

V. Match the first part of the sentence (1-5) with the second one (a-e).

1	Sub-divisions of the Queen's Bench Division include	a	whether the matter is fit to bring to the court.
2	A single judge first decides	b	hearing criminal cases.
3	The Queen's Bench Division	c	hears appeals on points of law from magistrates' courts.
4	The Divisional Court of the Division	d	the Technology and Construction Court, Commercial Court, etc.
5	Queen's Bench Division judges sit in the Crown Court,	e	oversees all lesser courts and all government authority.

VI. Make up a plan of the text.

VII. Retell the text in a written form (in English or Ukrainian). Text 38. Her magesty’s courts service

I. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

Amalgamation – об’єднання, to be responsible for – відповідати за щось, to ensure – запевняти, instead of – замість, Magistrates' Courts – Магістратські суди, County Courts – суди графства, probate service – випробовування.

II. Listen to the text: Her Majesty's Courts Service

Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and is responsible for the administration of the civil, family and criminal courts in England and Wales.

It was created by the amalgamation of the Magistrates' Courts Service and the Court Service as a result of the Unified Courts Administration Program. It came into being on 1 April 2005.

Her Majesty's Courts Service carries out the administration and support for the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Crown Court, the Magistrates' Courts, the County Courts and the Probate Service in England and Wales.

Court services are administered by 7 regions responsible for 42 local areas. The areas are managed by Area Directors, responsible for the delivery of local services. They work in partnership with Courts Boards to ensure that the Agency is focused on its customers and is meeting local needs.

The Government White Paper "Justice for all", published in 2002, recommended the a single agency should be developed to support the delivery of justice in all courts in England and Wales, instead of the Magistrates' Courts Service and the Court Service being administered separately.

The Courts Act 2003 created the legal framework required to make the changes. The focus of the Program was to devise a system which would offer improved and consistent services to court users by providing:

• A single national agency solely responsible for the delivery of court services with improved and more consistent level of service to court users

• More resources available to support the delivery of justice

• Greater flexibility in the use of court buildings.

On 31 March 2005, responsibility for the 42 existing Magistrates’ Courts Committees and Court Service passed to Her Majesty’s Courts Service.