Court Room Three: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UEB Contracted)
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- Synopsis
- At the back of the court are the three rows of public seating all at the same level as the lawyers and the Justices. There are five Justices seats, which is the average amount used by this court, the home of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). Like the Supreme Court, the JCPC does not hold trials but instead debates the interpretation of a point of law or examines some aspect of the original trial in case there was a miscarriage of justice. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was said that the jurisdiction of the JCPC ranged over a third of the planet with Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and parts of Africa all having right to appeal. Today, most of those countries are independent and have their own supreme courts, but, for twenty-eight places around the world, from UK territories such as the Falkland Islands or Gibraltar, through to independent countries such as Brunei, it is a court of final appeal. On the right side of the court room is a tall flagpole which flies the flag of the respective county or territory on the day of the hearing. This is to show that the law of that particular county is being applied that day, not that of the UK. This is important to remember as, for example, a case could come from Jamaica, where they still have the death-penalty, and so the Justices job would be to interpret and apply Jamaican law to see whether there was a point of law or aspect of the trial procedure that could dismiss or uphold this sentence.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/08/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Ian Green
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.