English Legal System

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Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................3
Types and Functions of Law in the English Legal System.............................................................3
Civil Law........................................................................................................................................4
Common Law.................................................................................................................................4
The Principles of Laws relating this to Criminal Law....................................................................5
The Structure and Hierarchy of Criminal Courts and how they work in the English Legal
System.............................................................................................................................................6
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom...................................................................................6
Senior Courts of England and Wales..............................................................................................6
The Court of Appeal.......................................................................................................................6
High Court......................................................................................................................................7
Crown Court...................................................................................................................................7
Subordinate Courts.........................................................................................................................7
Different types of Offences with reference to case studies............................................................7
Rape................................................................................................................................................7

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Murder............................................................................................................................................8
Manslaughter..................................................................................................................................8
Analysis of How the Criminal Justice system proceed with Criminal Offences............................8
Bibliography and References........................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The United Kingdom has three Legal system- English law, Scot Law, and the Northern Ireland
law (Waddington and Lawson, 2018). The Wales Act of 2006 introduced what is considered as a
fourth legal system, the Welsh Law. The English legal system in law is the legal system that
courts of law in England and Wales administer in civil and criminal cases. Despite the overlap
existing between the three major legal systems within the three legal jurisdictions, each system
has court systems that extend the relevant law through legal jurisprudence.
According to a statement made by the Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service, Kevin
McGinty, it is necessary that different agencies that make up the Criminal justice system work
together (in partnership) to accomplish the eminence of justice expected
(Justiceinspectorates.gov.uk, 2019). These agencies must work at the right moment, agreeing
shared priorities and must always work collectively with a shared purpose. In the UK, the
police, CPS and the courts, among other agencies, together form Local criminal justice
partnerships (LCJP). According to the chief Inspector of the CPS, many LCJPS exist in Wales
and England (where the English legal system operates) and has the membership of, “prisons,
youth offending services, crime commissioners, police, probation service providers, CPS and the
court service, and the senior representatives of voluntary sector” (Justiceinspectorates.gov.uk,
2019).
This report will discuss the partnerships within the English Legal system, looking at the main
types of law and principles of law and explaining the structure of the court system concerning
some criminal law cases.
Types and Functions of Law in the English Legal System (LO1)
As already stated, The UK has three distinct jurisdictions each with self-contained legal systems.
England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The two main types of law in the English