Detailed Report: Court Observation, Magistrate Role, and Reflection

This report presents an analysis of court procedures and the role of magistrates within the legal system, drawing on observations from a court visit. The report is divided into three parts: the first describes the roles and functions of those involved in court administration, using the case of R v Vasilios Ofogeli as an example. The second part examines the role of magistrates, considering the statement that they are "judicial beasts of burden," and their importance in managing the workload of the court system. The report discusses the selection process of magistrates and the types of cases they handle. The third part is a reflection on the experience, including the process of gathering information and the insights gained from the court visit, highlighting the importance of the judicial system in maintaining the legal framework. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and the crucial role of magistrates in the legal system.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Describing the role of and function of those involved in the organisation and operational
administration of either a Crown court or Magistrate court as observed on the day of visit.......3
PART 2............................................................................................................................................4
Magistrates have been described as judicial beasts of burden. By explaining the process for the
selection of and the role performed by law magistrates, to what extents do you agree with that
statements....................................................................................................................................4
PART 3............................................................................................................................................5
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Legislation has its own importance for any of the nation where it describes that how any of
the work is needed to be done and what are those laws and regulations which must be followed.
Once laws are enforced, power is given to different level of court where they decide whether any
of the particular person is found to be guilt or not. This respective project has been divided into
three different parts where first part will express about one of the case law which has been
observed with the court whereas in second part “judicial beasts of burden” will be focused along
with this reflection will be there in final section.
PART 1
Describing the role of and function of those involved in the organisation and operational
administration of either a Crown court or Magistrate court as observed on the day of visit.
The procedure of court is very lengthy whenever they are needed to declare any of the
result because proper law and regulation are needed to be followed. If in any of the situation
magistrates forgets in this respective process, then problem might occur in declaring the
appropriate decision. One of the recent case which I had observed was between R -v Vasilios
Ofogeli. The decision in this respective case was declared on 21st May 2020 by Mrs Justice Cutts
DBE which was observing the case where she declared the decision of sentence against Vasilios
Ofogeli for the murder of Andre Bent (Kirillova and Smirnova, 2018).
It was one of the interesting case where I got the opportunity to observe each and every
process of trail which they follows for declaring any of the decision. The whole process of court
starts just from the time period when judges enters into the court room. Then after this particular
process the role of lawyer increased where they started to present the facts in front of the judges.
The main role of jury member with the court is to listen the facts which are being presented and
according to that particular process laws and regulation are to be verified. It is necessary to
verify just to ensure that all of the laws and regulations are being followed or not and what are
those section which has been breached by defaulter. It is necessary because it certainly helps to
declare the result in the case.
In the similar process I noticed that jury member needs to do discussion with each other
whether they all agree on the points or not which has been present in front of the judges because

it certainly allows to determine whether person is defaulter or not. I came to know that judges are
needed to say whether they agree with the points presented in front of the court or not and if not
then why they are not agreeing and if they agree then also facts are needed to be mentioned. All
of this facts have a huge importance because it is the only way through which effective results
can be obtained with the case (F Rozsnyai, 2019). Overall it was observed that long procedure
was required to be followed by judges which sometime takes more time than actual time period
which is needed to be taken within the case.
PART 2
Magistrates have been described as judicial beasts of burden. By explaining the process for the
selection of and the role performed by law magistrates, to what extents do you agree with that
statements.
In present scenario, there are number of cases which occurs on a daily basis and it has
been found that problem for judicial system is increasing day by day. In order to manage daily
basis work load, magistrates are being given the roles and responsibility to deal with the case.
Magistrates are generally the civil who have the knowledge about law and regulation. It is the
one of the reason that they can be assumed as judicial beasts of burden. It is because they can
deal with small cases which are of civil nature so that problem can be resolved.
Looking at the present required, it can be easily agreed that there is a huge requirement of
magistrates and they can play huge role in resolving the case which will certainly reduce the
overall burden from higher level of court (Nuhiu and et. al., 2016). Whenever any of the
Magistrates gives their support to any of the case, it means that they are giving opportunity to
higher level of court to resolve complex nature of cases. Even it enhances the process which is
necessary for any of the case which occurs in front of the judges. If power is not given to
magistrates to declare decision on small civil cases, then problem may occur because ratio of
pending cases can be increased at significant rate.
In addition, magistrate can be described as judicial beast because they allow the innocent
party to give justice in very short time of duration which is very much important in current
scenario. As they have detail knowledge about the legislation due to which it can be said that
chances of errors with the decision of magistrates are also low (Vasyliev, 2018). Even they
impose different types of penalty upon defaulter which is important part with the cases due to

which it is said that there is a huge role of magistrate with the judiciary system. Even magistrates
handles the cases of traffics offences due to which it can be said that they even allows to generate
revenue for the country which is crucial for any of the nation. Even the fee which is charged by
magistrates is quite low as compared to judges which is also a positive side for any of the
judiciary system.
Overall, it can be easily said that for any of the judiciary system, magistrates play the role
of beast because that allows themselves to enhances the speed of resolving any of the cases
which come across with the judiciary system (Melles, 2019). Even it certainly reduces the burden
form judges who need to deal with complex cases.
PART 3
Reflection
It is necessary to understand that whenever any of the question is needed to be answered
then certain criteria must be focused so that goals can be accomplished. In context of the
question, I took the help of my senior who were ready to help me out. Senior’s guided me that
section of court procedure question will all me to collect practical knowledge which is very
much important for any of the law pursuing student. When I found that I have to visit to court
then firstly took the permission from court premises where I collect all of the necessary
information regarding the case into which I was going to take part. It was needed because it
would have certainly allowed me to enhance my knowledge. The visiting to court was very
interesting very I got the opportunity to learn number of new topic which was very much
important for me. This particular services also allowed to determine that how judges or jury
member take their decision and how any of the barrister presents their facts in order to convince
the judges.
In order to prepare the answer of part B, I worked within the area of collecting necessary
information which is related with Magistrate court and role of magistrate. Some of the important
resources where online sites, books and journals where I collected the facts about the successful
decision given by the judges. All of this information allowed me to answer the part B question.
When it comes to preparation of the question, I can certainly say that I have given focus on
collecting all of the necessary information which were relevant to the question. It was the main
reason due to which question was answered in best possible manner. The best part of this

assessment is that it simply allowed me to enhance my knowledge in different field which was
very much important for me in current scenario. On the other side, it was necessary for me to
take appointments of head of court for taking permission to join court season which was the part
which I didn’t like at all in this task. Overall, this assessment has allowed me to understand that
judicial system has the huge importance for maintaining the legal system which was the best part
that I had learned from this project.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above discussion that law plays the significant role within the legal
system where it helps judiciary system to take any of the decision where any of the charges are
imposed upon the person. Magistrates in any of the nation are playing crucial role for resolving
the problem by declaring the appropriate decision to the default performed by the person.
Overall, Judicial system has been helping out the person to follow the rules and regulation
because they certainly impose penalty whenever any of the default is performed by individual or
by an entity.
REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Kirillova, N. P. and Smirnova, I. G., 2018. Key scripts of contemporary criminal procedure
policy. Russian journal of criminology, 12(1), pp.116-127.
F Rozsnyai, K., 2019. Current Tendencies of Judicial Review as Reflected in the New Hungarian
Code of Administrative Court Procedure. Central European Public Administration
Review, 17(1), pp.7-23.
Nuhiu, A. and et. al., 2016. The Equality and Nondiscrimination and the Civil Court Procedure-
The Case of Macedonia. JL Pol'y & Globalization, 47, p.126.
Vasyliev, S., 2018. Compromise in the Civil Court Procedure. Law Ukr.: Legal J., p.237.
Melles, M., 2019. The Code of Administrative Court Procedure in Election Disputes. Themis,
p.56.