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Court's (Civil Courts) - Coggle Diagram
Court's (Civil Courts)
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High Court
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Family Division
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Deals with financial support for children after divorce and relationship breakdown, some aspects of domestic violence and adoption
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County Court
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The Jury of 8 sit on cases of defamation, malicious prosecution or false imprisonment cases
The Judge is either a circuit or district judge and the District judge deals with bankruptcy and insolvency matters, wills and trusts
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Supreme Court
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Able to Leapfrog from the High Court to the Supreme Court but since 2015 it has to be of national importance to warrant a leapfrog treatment
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Pre-Action protocols
Designed to encourage parties to exchange as much info as early as possible, to be in contact with each other and co-operate over the exchange of info
Overall aim is to get the parties to settle out of court, this reducing costs and delay
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Claim is £100,000 or less its county court and £10,000 or less is a small claim
Personal Injury is £50,000 or less is county court and £1,000 or less is a small claim
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Issuing a claim
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The fees vary depending on how much the claim is worth - in 2017 claims for £300 is charged £35 to make it and £200,000 claims cost £10,000 to make it.
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Civil Court process
Main objective is to make proceedings quick, accessible, fair and just
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Tracks System
Small Claims
Under £10,000 and Personal Injury claims under £1,000
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Multi Track
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Judges manages everything - timetable, control of expert witnesses
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