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Nearly all minor civil cases are heard in the County
Court, a purely civil court, and the more serious cases
are heard in the High
Court, which is mainly a civil court. Appeals from the
County Court and the High Court lie to the Court
of Appeal – Civil Division, and thence to the House
of Lords, the only court which has equal jurisdiction
in both civil and criminal matters (although the procedure
when hearing a civil case is different from that when hearing
a criminal case).
Magistrates’
courts deal with the great majority of minor criminal
matters, and have very little civil jurisdiction.
Major criminal cases are heard in the Crown
Court, a purely criminal court, with appeal to the Court
of Appeal – Criminal Division, and thence to the
House of Lords.
It must be noted, however, that although the systems of courts
are more or less distinct, very often the same judges sit
in both civil and criminal courts.
A High
Court judge, for example, may find himself hearing an
appeal from a VAT
Tribunal decision one week, and a murder case the next.
See Also:
Coroners
Courts
Court
of Appeal: Civil Division
Court
of Appeal: Criminal Division
Courts Martial
Criminal Courts
Criminal
Courts: Crown Court
Criminal
Courts: Magistrates' Court
Ecclesiastical
Courts
European
Court
High
Court
High
Court: Chancery Division
High
Court: Family Division
High
Court: Queen's Bench Division
House
of Lords
Masters
of the Supreme Court
Minors
Other Courts
Terminology:
Civil and Magistrates Courts
Terminology:
County Court
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