Judiciary

Collective term for all the different types of judge in the English legal system

Superior judges

Court of Appeal

High court

Supreme court

Judge-Justice of the Supreme court

Role-Hear appeals on point on law in both civil and criminal cases

Separation of Powers and the Independence of the Judiciary

Independence of the Judiciary

Separation of Powers Independence of the Judiciary

Judge-Lord justice of appeal

Role-Hear appeals in criminal cases against convictions/cases

Hear appeals in civil cases

Judge-High court judge

Sit in one of three court divisions

Hear large value civil cases

King's Bench Division

Chancery Division

Family Division

Inferior judges

County court

Magistrates court

Crown court

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