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Outline the work of the County Court including the limits on its jurisdiction, and also how well it deals with small claims.
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GCSE Law Coursework 2003-4 Before I can answer the questions set regarding the county court, I would first like to look at what the law is and how the County court has progressed over the years. There is no set definition for what the law is but Sir John Salmond defined law as 'the body of principles recognised and applied by the state in the administration of justice'. But in simpler terms law is a set of rules, where they are recognised by the people in a country and given backing by the government to enforce them in the country, in other words, 'recognised and applied by the state'. To help the state apply these they make use of the courts, and one branch of the courts is the County Court. The County courts were created by the County courts Act 1846 to hear small civil claims. The reason for the county courts...
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