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stipendiary magistrate without a jury. Lay magistrates are chosen from well-respected
people in the
local community. A clerk guides them on points of law. They consider about 93 per cent of all criminal
cases in Great Britain. Criminal decisions of the Magistrates’ Courts may be appealed to the Crown
Court. Civil decisions may be appealed to the County Courts.
4. Проанализируйте схему судебной системы Великобритании. Сравните ее с содержанием
текста и укажите, какие суды не упоминаются в тексте.
5. Скажите, какие суды Великобритании могут рассматривать следующие судебные дела.
1. Mr Johnson and Mrs Johnson are getting divorced. Mrs Johnson demands to
have the house, the
car, 75% of Mr Johnson's
life savings and their pet cat, Tigger. "No way!" says an angry Mr
Johnson.
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2. Two separate companies, English International Telecommunications and Britphone, both bring out
a new mobile phone which they call the 'Smell-O-Phone'. Both companies claim that the name was
their own idea.
3. Five workers have been sacked from the computer manufacturing company 'Compucrash' for
incompetence. They believe that they have been unfairly dismissed.
4. Mr and Mrs Waugh had a new window installed in their house. The window company now wants
the Waughs to pay, but Mr Waugh is refusing because he thinks the quality of workmanship is
poor.
5. Newspaper editor Mr Hislop publishes an article describing the Prime Minister as a 'useless,
incompetent fool who can barely tie his own shoelaces, let alone run the country'. The PM decides
to take immediate legal action against the paper.
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