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1. What levels does the court system in England and Wales consist of?

2. What is the task of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council?

3. What is the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

4. What does the High Court consist of?

5. What cases does the Chancery Division deal with?

6. What cases does the Family Division resolve?

7. What cases does the Queen’s Bench Division examine?

8. What is the jurisdiction of the Crown Court?

9. What do Magistrates’ Courts deal with?

10. How are judges appointed?

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Courts in the United Kingdom

Vocabulary

1. High Court – Высокий суд

2. Crown Court – Суд Короны, суд по рассмотрению уголовных дел

3. Magistrates’ Court – магистратский суд

4. Chancery Division – канцлерское отделение (Высокого суда)

5. Family Division – отделение по семейным делам (Высокого суда)

6. Queen’s Bench Division – отделение королевской скамьи (Высокого суда)

7. indictable offences – преступления, преследуемые по обвинительному акту (тяжкие уголовные преступления)

8. either-way offences (syn. alternative or hybrid offences) – преступления двойной подсудности

9. summary offences (syn. minor offences) – суммарные преступления (преследуемые в порядке суммарного, т.е. упрощенного производства без участия присяжных), незначительные преступления

The court system in England and Wales can be considered as consisting of 5 levels:

• Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords) and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
• Court of Appeal
• High Court
• Crown Court and County Courts
• Magistrates’ Courts and the Tribunals Service

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the court of final appeal for Commonwealth countries that have retained appeals to either Her Majesty in Council or to the Judicial Committee. Some functions of the Judicial Committee were taken over by the new Supreme Court in 2009.

Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords)

In 2009 the Supreme Court replaced the House of Lords as the highest court in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As with the House of Lords, the Supreme Court hears appeals from the Court of Appeal and the High Court (only in exceptional circumstances). Appeals are normally heard by 5 Justices, but there can be as many as 9.

High Court

The High Court consists of 3 divisions, the Chancery Division, the Family Division, and the Queen’s Bench Division. Decisions of the High Court may be appealed to the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal.