What are the differences between a hearing before a magistrates court and a district judge of the county court?

Answer 1

Magistrates Courts have 3 part-time judges with some basic legal training, supervised by a professional legal expert called the Clerk of the Court. They deal with most criminal cases (which are usually minor) are limited as to how much they can fine or sentence a defendent.

Crown Courts have a jury and a professional judge. They are not limited to how much they can fine or sentence a defendant (it depends on the crime). They deal with serious crimes and appeals from Magistrates Courts. Appeals (if successful) go to the Senior Courts in London.

Answer 2

Most offences are dealt with by a magistrates court. This consists of 3 local magistrates (volunteers with some basic training) under supervision of a Clerk of the Court, a legal expert.

A Crown Court deals with the most serious crimes, and appeals from the Magistrate's Courts. It has a fully qualified judge and a jury.

Answer 3

Very lttle actually, but there ARE differences. The simplest explanation might be; Magistrates are empowered with many judicial-type duties and wield almost as much power as judges but the findings of Magistrate's are technically only recommendations made to the higher court and are subject to review before being ratified by Judges of the higher court.

Answer 4

They are two different parts of the legal system. A magistrate is a judge that presides over a court room. A barrister is a legally trained lawyer that speaks in court.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

a judge is able to make decisions on his/her own, whereas a magistrate must have atleast two other magistrates to confer their decision with.