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    The County Court Business Centre (CCBC) is a centre of the County Court of England and Wales created to deal with claims by the use of various electronic...
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  • Business Courts, sometimes referred to as Commercial Courts, are trial courts that primarily or exclusively adjudicate internal business disputes and/or...
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  • court and may then be transferred to a higher court. The majority of civil cases are tried in county courts and are almost always handled by solicitors...
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    warrant for the arrest of Tzipi Livni issued by Westminster Magistrates' Court, related to her time as foreign minister of Israel during which it was alleged...
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    Earls Court Exhibition Centre was a major international exhibition and events venue in London, England. At its peak it is said to have generated a £2...
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    various court services into what is now HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the Crown Court frequently shares facilities with the County Court and magistrates'...
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    judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are given more weight than district judges sitting in county courts and magistrates' courts. On 1 April...
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    investigation, and to conduct prosecutions both in the magistrates' courts and the Crown Court. The Attorney General for England and Wales superintends the CPS's...
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    magistrates' and county courts) and tribunals. The bulk of such work continues to be handled by solicitors. Under section 17 of the Courts and Legal Services...
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    In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which hears matters relating to summary offences and some triable either-way matters. Some...
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    appeals from the Crown Court, while the Civil Division hears appeals from the County Court, High Court of Justice and Family Court. Permission to appeal...
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    procedures. All defamation cases under the Senior Courts Act 1981 in the Queens Bench Division, and the County Courts Act 1984, which were "tried with a jury"...
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    that his pioneering role in the formation of the United Kingdom Supreme Court may be his most important and long-lasting legacy. The Lord Phillips of...
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    Admiralty Court, the Commercial Court, and the Technology and Construction Court, and in the Chancery Division under the lists for business, company and...
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    to magistrates in the court room and in their retiring room, as well as assisting in the administration of the court business. The clerk's duty is to...
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    and procedures of these courts are tailored to their type of business, but they are not essentially different from any other court of the King's Bench Division...
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    the Crown Court, the County Court and some specialized sub-divisions of the High Court of Justice, such as the Technology and Construction Court. There are...
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    Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte...
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    Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (category Former courts and tribunals in the United Kingdom)
    appellate court for most domestic matters. On 1 October 2009, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was repealed owing to the creation of the Supreme Court of...
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    courts (tribunals, coroner's courts, magistrates' courts, county courts, and sheriff courts). They were not able to represent their clients in court in...
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    A justice of the High Court, commonly known as a High Court judge, is a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, and represents the third-highest...
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    a professional attorney was hired to represent the King's interests in court. The position first took on a political role in 1461 when the holder of...
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    The ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are the Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal. These judges serve with the...
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    judiciary, the court system, prisons, and probation in England and Wales, with some additional UK-wide responsibilities, e.g., the UK Supreme Court and judicial...
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    president of the courts of England and Wales. Until 2005 the lord chief justice was the second-most senior judge of the English and Welsh courts, surpassed...
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    Crown Court (as at Maidstone Combined Court Centre, for example), the Family Court, or a magistrates' court. The judicial business of the County Court is...
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  • It is a single court in the sense of a single centrally organised and administered court system. The County Court centres the court sits in today correspond...
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    justices of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, the puisne judges of the court. They serve in addition to the High Court's ex officio members:...
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  • Thumbnail for Los Angeles County Superior Court
    Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the California Superior Court located in Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the...
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    inferior court (usually from the Crown Court in criminal matters and the High Court of Justice in civil matters but in some instances from a County Court) are...
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