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Based on your observations during your court visit and on your wider readings reading, discuss and analyse the role of various participants in legal proceedings. A case, depending on the severity can take many routes through the structure of the legal system. The more severe the crime the higher the court that the trial is settled in; minor offences such as petty crimes are usually settled in the Magistrates court, the County court deals with slightly more severe cases such as re-offending, cases such as rape and other equally severe cases are held in Crown court, high profile cases are taken to the High courts. Then there is the court of Appeal, where all appeals are taken and at the top of the hierarchy is the House of Lords, this is where proposed new legislations are taken by parliament. The legal proceedings start a long time before a case appears in court....

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