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1. New seating plan and planners on desk please! 2nd Feb 2012Recapping on Civil law and Practicing for CASS 2bLO: To recap on some key legal terms from last week. To prepare and practice your evaluation of your campaign for Controlled Assessment. Starter – whiteboards 1 Can you remember the court structure in the UK from last week ? Use the courts below to help you design it on your whiteboard: The Supreme court/ Magistrate court/ county court / court of Appeal/ Tribunals /High court/ The crown court 2 In which court do you find the jury?
2. The Court Structure in the UK The Supreme Court Includes Criminal & Civil cases Court of Appeal Includes Criminal and Civil cases The High Court Includes criminal & civil cases Crown Court Criminal law County Court Civil law Tribunals Civil law Magistrate court Criminal law Includes youth courts and some family courts LO: To understand the hierarchy of the UK Judicial (legal) system.
3. Recap Parties The parties involved are the plaintiff and the defendant. The plaintiff is the person(s) who was wronged by the event and the defendant(s) is the alleged wrongdoer. Q - Which of the following applies to decisions made in court/ tribunal in Civil law cases: Beyond a reasonable doubt The balance of probabilities LO: To understand the hierarchy of the UK Judicial (legal) system.To look at a case study from a county court (civil law)
4. Task Copy out the key words and definitions below: Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) – Run by volunteers & free and confidential advice on all kinds of problems. Community Legal Advice – free and confidential legal advice. 0845 345 4 345 Solicitors – trained lawyers who offer legal advice & normally charge a fee. Legal Aid – help offered by state to cover legal costs to those on low income but only in few cases today and not injury cases. Damages– Money awarded by court to compensate someone for loss or injury they have suffered. Damages – Money awarded by court to compensate someone for loss or injury they have suffered. General damages is awarded for damages that cannot be precisely calculated eg the effect of pain & Special damages are given for something which can be calculated eg loss of earnings from work. Negligence – Careless or lack of action which can cause someone loss or injury. LO: To understand the hierarchy of the UK Judicial (legal) system.To look at a case study from a county court (civil law)
5. Homework LO: To recap on why we have laws.To recognise the difference between civil and criminal law.To think about the impact on morals on laws and question some laws. “ The UK government should raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12/13 in order to be more in line with Europe.” Agree/Disagree? Write a discursive essay showing you have researched both sides of the argument and clearly stating what you think and why. Follow a clear plan and include paragraphs: eg Introduction, arguments for, arguments against, Conclusion – what you think and why.
6. Age of Criminal Responsibility (ACR) LO: To recap on why we have laws.To recognise the difference between civil and criminal law.To think about the impact on morals on laws and question some laws. In the UK the ACR is 10 in contrast to 13 in France & 15 in Denmark, Norway & Sweden. In some states of the USA the ACR is 6 and in Scotland it was 8 now raised to 12. Up until the early 19th century children were treated the same as adults and could be sent to prison and /or hung as young as 12. The ACR was first set in 1933 at 8 years then changed to 10 in 1963. Up until 1998 for a 10 – 14 year old child to be convicted of a crime the prosecution HAD TO PROVE that the child was aware that their actions were wrong. Now 10 – 14 year olds are regarded in law as clearly knowing the difference between right & wrong eg that their actions are wrong.
7. Facts Take care not to just spout opinion in your essays – you need facts/ evidence to back up any statement or argument. LO: To recap on why we have laws.To recognise the difference between civil and criminal law.To think about the impact on morals on laws and question some laws. In 2006 children under 10 were the main suspects of almost 3000 crimes in England & Wales – although many were minor offences almost half involved criminal damage and arson and 66 cases were for a suspected sexual offence. Under 10’s who commit a crime can be placed under an order of the court for up to 12 months eg including place & time restrictions, assigned to a social worker and/or a youth offending team. Over 10’s can be ordered to do a form of community service or sent to a secure childrens’ home, detention centre or Young offenders Institution (YOI).
8. Helpful Links BBC NEWS | UK | Thousands of crimes by under-10s Children under 10 suspected of 3,000 crimes – Telegraph BBC NEWS | UK | Criminal age 'should be raised‘ Your rights - Criminal Responsibility BBC News - Calls to raise age of criminal responsibility rejected What is the age of criminal responsibility in the UK? BBC NEWS | Scotland | Scots criminal age to go up to 12 Richard Garside: The UK's age of criminal responsibility is too low | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Venables: age of criminal responsibility in the spotlight | UK news | guardian.co.uk Defense of infancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
9. Homework Due 9th Feb Research Legal Aid in the UK What exactly is meant by legal aid and why there have been changes to it in the last year Find out what types of people can get legal aid and for what particular types of legal cases? What types of legal cases are not covered by legal aid? NB: List your sources!!!
10. Cass 2b – Evaluation of your Campaign (Next week in C103) You need to write up a written evaluation of your campaign and you can refer to your folder of evidence to help you. You must: Describe the impact of your campaign – referring to your aim. Describe what you learnt about the issue. Evaluate how well your plan went and working with others (teamwork). Describe what went well and not so well, explain how you might do things differently if you took part in another campaign. How you could continue with your campaign eg what would you do?
11. What is your target grade? You must aim to attain your target grade or above. Task You are going to have a practice session today using those bullet points provided to structure your essay. You can use your folders to help you but you must work independently – no talking! I will mark them and hand back next week so you can look over where you went well and not so well in preparation for your timed assessment.
12. Plenary Read over what you have written – have you structured it as prompted? Do you think you have met your target grade? If not why not – where have you lost marks? Key words – recap What is your homework for next week? LO: To recap on some key legal terms from last week. To prepare and practice your evaluation of your campaign for Controlled Assessment.