Dispute Solving in Civil Law

The civil justice system is designed to:

• Punish individuals who break the law.

• Decide disputes between individuals or businesses.

• Enforce codes of practice in criminal courts.

• Decide disputes between individuals and the state.

Civil law covers all legal issues, statutes and lawsuits not related to criminal law, including:

• Accidents & Negligence

• Theft and Robbery

• Buying and selling goods

• Domestic (family) relationships

Civil law usually seeks to achieve?

• Compensation for the state from the offender.

• Imprisonment for the person who has suffered loss or damage

• Punishment of the person who is liable for any loss or damage.

• Compensation for the person who has suffered loss or damage.

In every civil case, evidence is needed. The responsibility to prove the facts of the case to the required standard, is known as:

• The standard of proof

• The doctrine of proof

• The burden of proof

• The evidence standard

The level of certainty with which the claimant’s case must be proved is known as?

• The standard of proof

• The evidential standard

• The burden of proof

• The limits of proof

The standard of proof is the level of certainty with which the claimant’s case must be proved.

In civil cases, the standard used is?

• Balance of probabilities

• Beyond a reasonable doubt

• Beyond probability

• Balance of evidence

In civil law, the format of case names and the way in which legal cases are presented will put whose name first?

• The lawyers

• The defendants

• The judges

• The claimants

In which two courts is a civil case most likely to be started?

• Crown Court

• High Court

• Court of Appeal

• County Court

The Law of Tort is a part of law that deals with?

• Criminal convictions and liability

• Family issues

• Civil wrongs such as negligence and nuisance

• Paying damages

The process where a point of law has been decided in a particular case and that statement of law must then be applied in all future cases where the facts are similar, is known as the Doctrine of...?

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