Nicky Fathi

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Court Visit Report

In this report, I will be comparing and contrasting between two courts that I have visited; the Supreme Court the and County Court.

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land and gets the final “say” on all civil cases and criminal cases. The case I visited in the Supreme Court was about the defendant stealing money from the company he was working at (company fraud), there were no claimants or defendants present at the case. The defendants barrister was arguing that his client merely borrowed the money and spent it on the company, but the other party argued that he had been stealing the company’s money and spending it on himself and his family. There was no outcome for this case as they did not reach an agreement so they rearranged another date for another hearing on this case.

In the County Court, they deal with civil cases for example divorce and insurance claims. The case I was observing at the County Court was an insurance claim case, where the claimant was driving and was hit by another car, the defendants car. The outcome of the case was that another court hearing was to be arranged in 4 to 6 weeks to give the lawyers more time to gather evidence from their clients.

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The barristers at the Supreme Court seemed to be presenting the case from a book they had, both were eloquently spoken, and their speech was free-flowing and exuberant. They would read out a page number, chapter number, and tab number and everyone (excluding the public and clerks) present in court would turn to the particular page they were referring to. I was unable to know what the outcome of this case was in the end, as the judge adjourned the case before reaching a verdict. I found that the case was hard to follow, partly because I did not ...

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