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Comaprison between Magistrate and Crown Courts In the UK there are two types of courts that are most commonly used to administer the punishments of crime, these are the Magistrate and the Crown court. The magistrate and crown courts are run by the Department for Consititutional Affairs. The magistrates courts are known as the inferior courts, this is because they do not have authority over the High courts. The crown court is one level above the magistrate court but they also have no authority over the high courts. There are significant differences and comparisons that can be made between the proceeding in both crown and magistrate courts with advantages disadvantages, and how they deal with verdicts and decisions. The Magistrate court is at the bottom of the hierarchy of the criminal courts and the civil courts.The Magistrates' court could be said to comprise of three smaller courts, they are: the...

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