Courtney Lowes
Unit 23
P1
Civil court hierarchy
European court of justice
The European court of justice is the court that you would go to
if the problem that you have is in the European law. Cases
would be discussed in this court if for any reason the legislation
is not correctly been approached by the government in that
county.
Supreme Court
They would have cases where the case would involve a point of
law or would be for the general public’s importance.
Civil Court
The civil appeals would come from the high courts; they can
also get appeals from some tribunals.
High Court
This would be civil cases that would have claims over £25 grand. There are three
divisions within the high court:
Chancery Division Queen’s Bench Family Division
division
This part of the court This part of the court
would deal with This part of the court would deal with things
bankruptcy, trusts would deal with such as divorces, wills
and other things such businesses disputes. and other things such
as corporal law. as the welfare of
children.
The first instance and court of appeal differences:
The first instance court would deal with all of the evidence within a case,
would look at the witnesses, theories and anything else that may be of use.
The court of appeal will just look to see if they believe if the defendant was or
was not given the wrong verdict.
The county court would deal with civil cases. Some of these examples are people
looking to seek compensation or recover money in the case of businesses. This is
Unit 23
P1
Civil court hierarchy
European court of justice
The European court of justice is the court that you would go to
if the problem that you have is in the European law. Cases
would be discussed in this court if for any reason the legislation
is not correctly been approached by the government in that
county.
Supreme Court
They would have cases where the case would involve a point of
law or would be for the general public’s importance.
Civil Court
The civil appeals would come from the high courts; they can
also get appeals from some tribunals.
High Court
This would be civil cases that would have claims over £25 grand. There are three
divisions within the high court:
Chancery Division Queen’s Bench Family Division
division
This part of the court This part of the court
would deal with This part of the court would deal with things
bankruptcy, trusts would deal with such as divorces, wills
and other things such businesses disputes. and other things such
as corporal law. as the welfare of
children.
The first instance and court of appeal differences:
The first instance court would deal with all of the evidence within a case,
would look at the witnesses, theories and anything else that may be of use.
The court of appeal will just look to see if they believe if the defendant was or
was not given the wrong verdict.
The county court would deal with civil cases. Some of these examples are people
looking to seek compensation or recover money in the case of businesses. This is
