Civil Courts Quiz

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GCSE Law (Civil Courts) Quiz on Civil Courts Quiz, created by aimej.sullivan on 30/03/2015.
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Question 1

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What does ADR stand for
Answer
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Alternative Dispute Resolve
  • All Disputes Revolved

Question 2

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What should take place when a dispute first arises to try and avoid going to court?
Answer
  • Negotiation
  • Arbitration
  • Conciliation
  • Mediation

Question 3

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Which TWO courts hear civil cases?
Answer
  • Crown Court
  • County Court
  • Magistrates Court
  • High Court
  • Court Of Appeal

Question 4

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What is a pre-action protocol?
Answer
  • Things to do before you go to court
  • A list of things to do in an attempt to prevent the need to go to court.
  • A form of ADR

Question 5

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What is the official name of a defendant form? (Acknowledgement of service)
Answer
  • N1
  • N9
  • N6
  • N2

Question 6

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The three tracks and their corresponding claim values
Answer
  • Small claims – Under £10,000
  • Multi-track – Over £25,000
  • Fast track - £10,000 - £25,000
  • Fast track - Over £50,000
  • Small claims – Under £5,000
  • Multi-track – £5,000 - £50,000

Question 7

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What are the three High Court divisions
Answer
  • Crown division
  • Queen’s Bench Division
  • Chancery Division
  • Family Division
  • Tort Division
  • Contract Division

Question 8

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Recommendations contained in Lord Woolf’s Access to Justice Report?
Answer
  • Ensure cases are dealt with quickly and with less cost
  • More use of ICT
  • Judges more responsibility for managing cases
  • An in depth research into Law
  • Encourage use of ADR
  • Introduction of the tracks

Question 9

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What is the overriding objective of the Civil Procedure Rules?
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  • Ensure parties are on an equal footing
  • Save expense
  • Ensure cases are dealt with quickly and fairly
  • Appropriate share of the court’s resources.
  • To be intelligent when in court
  • Never speak out-loud

Question 10

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Complaints still surrounding the civil justice system.
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  • Time consuming
  • Costly
  • Complex language
  • Not private
  • Too Formal

Question 11

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What's it called when a case goes form the High court to the supreme court and skips the COA?
Answer
  • Jump appeal
  • Past COA
  • Leapfrog appeal
  • Leap appeal

Question 12

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Fast track appeal case dealt with by District Judge is heard by?
Answer
  • High court Judge
  • Circuit Judge
  • COA
  • District Judge
  • Magistrate

Question 13

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Fast track appeal case dealt with by Circuit Judge is heard by?
Answer
  • High court Judge
  • District Judge
  • COA
  • Magistrate
  • Master of the rolls

Question 14

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Final decisions in Multi-track heard by CoC (CJ or DJ) appeals where?
Answer
  • Court of Appeal
  • High Court
  • Supreme Court
  • Country Court
  • Crown Court

Question 15

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One of two conditions must be met for permission to appeal to be granted in most cases. What are those conditions?
Answer
  • Real prospect of success
  • Some other compelling reason
  • No alibi
  • Beyond reasonable doubt
  • No lawyer has been accounted for

Question 16

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If one party or other is unhappy with the outcome of a first appeal will they have an automatic right to appeal a second time.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 17

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What cases does the Queen’s Bench Division hear?
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  • Contract and tort
  • Applications for Judicial Review
  • Wardship cases
  • Family matters
  • Copyright and patents

Question 18

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What cases does the Chancery Division hear?
Answer
  • Copyright and Patent
  • Mortgage enforcement
  • Wardship cases
  • Insolvency (Bankrupt)
  • contested probate cases

Question 19

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What cases does the Family division hear?
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  • Wardship Cases
  • Nullity of marriage
  • Children Act 1989 cases
  • Mortgages
  • Issues in law
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