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What part is played by juries in the resolution of civil and criminal cases?
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Essay No. 3 AS Level Law Q: What part is played by juries in the resolution of civil and criminal cases? Juries are used in both criminal and civil cases, in order to provide local knowledge, and give a fair and reasonable verdict. However, juries are not as involved in civil cases anymore. Instead, the Supreme Court Act 1981 gives a qualified right to jury trial of cases of defamation, false imprisonment, fraud and malicious prosecution. In any of the previous cases, trial must be granted unless the court feels that in order for there to be a fair hearing, the trial requires prolonged examination of evidence, which would be of inconvenience to the jurors. This right is best expressed in defamation actions i.e. in cases of libel and slander, but the amount of these cases has been reduced since the introduction of the Defamation Act 1996. This means that a new...
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