Compare and contrast the role and function of judges lawyers and lay people within the English Courts?

Answer 1

a lay member consist of a magistrate judge and jurors. A jury has the role to provide a verdict within the majority of criminal cases through out England and Wales. It is their function to be objective and to not create a judgment based in the defendants appearance, but to listen to the judge who is hearing the trial, and to only listen to the facts and evidence that are presented within the case.

A magistrate works in the court of first instance. This means that they hear a vast range of trial but can only sentence summary offences (theft), and send the indictable offences to the High court as they can impose harsher sentences .

A district judge works in a magistrates but they are legally qualified so they are not a lay member. They also get paid for their work ,unlike magistrates who only get their expenses paid for.

A judge within a criminal trial is there to hear the facts about the offence, and to listen to the jury and to base his sentence on the verdict that they give.

In a civil trial, a judge does not have the responsibility of looking after the jury.

Answer 2

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