Court Structures of England and Wales and Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems

Business Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Court structures of England and Wales.......................................................................................3
Alternative Dispute Resolution systems (ADRs)........................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Court can be defined as an institute with legal authority through which it can adjudicate
disputes between parties that are of legal nature and also carry out administration of justice in
civil, criminal and administrative matters. This essay aims at discussing structure of court in
England and Wales and will also discuss about Alternative Dispute Resolution systems in UK.
MAIN BODY
Court structures of England and Wales
In court system in England and Wales different courts deal with different types of cases.
This means that criminal cases are started in magistrate’ court and some cases that are more
serious in nature are sent to Crown Court. Appeal from Crown Court is sent to High Court and
potentially to Court of Appeal or Supreme Court.
Civil cases are sometimes dealt by magistrate but might go to a country court. Followed
by this appeals are sent to High Court and then to Court of Appeal (Hodges, 2019). These cases
are divided in different divisions of courts.