CCJ12 Court Report: 1. Which court did you attend and what was the date of your attendance? I attended Sydney Downing Centre Local Court in New South Wales on Friday. 2. What kind of hearing did you attend? (e.g. sentence, summary trial, committal hearing, jury trial, mention, call-over etc) I attended a sentence hearing for the matter R vs Williamson. His Honour Judge D Frearson SC presided. The defendant had pleaded guilty prior to this hearing on 15th October 2013. 3. What…
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Limited keys 3. No storage capacity 4. It gives error 5. Some letters are missing which are recorded by pressing combination of keys b) Computer Aided Recording : CART (Communication Access Real time Translation):- It’s a word-for-word speech –to- text interpreting service for deaf and hearing people. In fact its captions can be displayed or broadcasted on large screen. There process is so fast on location with instant translation/spoken/text/word/note book computer. Advantages:- 1. Gives…
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p.6). Now, HM Courts & Tribunals Service which is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, supervise employment tribunals. Employment tribunals are constituted on the basis of region. In England and Wales, there are 11 regional offices of the Employment Tribunals(ROETs). There is Regional Office in each region…
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Judge: Redman Parties: Gary Scott Gettmen versus William Kritzer & Kaylene Jacklin. Description of Dispute: Suing for the amount of $10,000 for vehicle damages. Kaylene drove William’s car which the vehicle was registered in Williams name, in addition the vehicle was not insured in either of the defendant’s name into Gary’s parked 1992 jeep wrangler. Both William and Kaylene were served a copy of the claim. There were at least four cases before this particular case I was stunned how rapid each…
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A)Explain the role of the Magistrates court in relation to criminal cases.(14 marks) There are three main categories which are used to decide how serious the offence is. If it is a minor offence such as driving without insurance it is called a Summary offence. If it is an offence which is not minor nor serious ,such as common assault, it is called a Triable either way offence. If it is an offence which is very serious ,such as manslaughter, it is categorised under an Indictable offence. In relation…
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also sit in the Crown Court with a judge to hear appeals from magistrates’ courts against conviction or sentence and proceedings on committal to the Crown Court for sentence. Moreover, they are also specially trained to sit in youth courts, where procedures are slightly more informal than in adult criminal courts, for example, magistrates will deliberately talk directly to young defendants, rather than always through their legal representatives. In criminal cases the youth court can deal with all offences…
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A year later, there is the case of Gagon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778 (1973), the court had held that the parolees will have limited to receive counsel within the revocation proceedings and with that, the hearing body will have to determine, with a case-by-case basis, and that is whether the counsel should be afforded. While there is a need for it not to be granted with all of the cases, where the counsel should be provided where it is after having been informed of his right, by the request of the…
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number of piracy trials on the court’s docket, but the continuity among senior court officials which helps to explain this regularity. As previously discussed, there were personnel connections between the Quelch and Bellamy trial, despite the two hearings taking place thirteen years apart. This trend continued over the next decade as key courtroom officials routinely maintained their visible position from one hearing to the next. Robert Auchmuty served as defense counsel during the Bellamy crew trials…
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Administration Order? Administration is the process by which a person, is appointed under the Insolvency Act 1986 (as amended by the EA) to manage a company's affairs, business and property. A person can only be appointed the role of administrator by: -an administration order by the court; -the holder of a qualifying floating charge (this is most likely to be a bank); or -by the company or its directors. Administration will have the following purposes. These, in order of desirability, are: • to rescue…
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Appellate Jurisdiction Magistrates’ Court (1 magistrate) Claims up to $100000 Cases claiming less than $100000 decided by arbitration No appellate Jurisdiction Rehearing’s can take place in some circumstances (e.g. one of the parties do not appear) County Court (1 Judge and optional jury of 6) Unlimited; litigants can choose to have their case heard in either the County Court or the Supreme Court No appeals, unless under a specific act Supreme Court (Trial Division) (1 justice with…
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