Civil courts and ADR
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- Created on: 24-11-20 17:43
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- Civil courts
- Queen’s bench division- cases involving contract and tort, jury of 12 in:malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and judicial review, largest of 3 divisions
- QBC administrativecourt- judicial review planning court, appeals from criminal cases from M
- QBC admiralty court- shipping and maritime disputes
- QBC commercial court- transactions of trade and commence
- QBC circuit commercial court- disputes outside commercial court and chancery divison
- QBC tech and construction court- domestic and international disputes in tech, engineering and construction
- Chancery division- hears company law, tax, insolvency, intellectual property and trust cases, deal with: business, property, or land compensationunder EU and UK law, contentious probate claims relating to partnerships professional negligence e
- Family division- hears welfare of children under Children Act 1989 and matrimonial cases and some probate cases
- Appeal- appeals to higher court for reversal on decision of lower court
- County court- appeal heard by district judge, appeal to circuit judge in same country. Heard by cult unit judge, appeal to high court judge
- Second appeals- sent to CoA, only allowed if appeal raises important point of principle, practise or there’s compelling research
- Leapfrog appeal- from crown to supreme, must have national importance or raise issue of sufficient importance , further appeals- from CoA to SC but only if have. Permission from SC or CoA
- Woolf Reforms- just results, treat litigants fairly, reasonable costs, reasonable speeds and understandable to those who use it
- Lord Biggs 2016 proposals- out of hrs medication service n county court, online court for claims up to £25k, case officers to carry out administrative word done by judges
- 3 track system by Civil Procedure Act’97- small track claims- less than £10k, injury up to £1k, simple cases, most done under 30 mins, country court, district judge
- Fast track- £10k-25k, personal injuries £1k+, moderately complex, up to 1 day, county court, district judge, strict timetable
- Multitrack- damages £25k+, personal injuries £1k+, complex cases, circuit judge, county or high court (£100k claim, £50k+ personal injuries)
- Queen’s bench division- cases involving contract and tort, jury of 12 in:malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and judicial review, largest of 3 divisions
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