COURT OBSERVATION

Court Observation



Court Observation

Section A

Introduction

With considering the observations prevalent in a particular court setting, I shall be quoting and describing role and function of the Magistrate Court System, including Community Justice Centres and Legal Aid. In addition to the former, a report shall be submitted that will portray my visiting at the Downing street Court for seeking information regarding convenes or notice of attendance by speaking one of the court officers. I will also provide a concise statement of comments and socio-legal intervention from my personal viewpoint.

When experiencing and attempting to study the regular environment inside the court includes lawyers , the general statute and court setting covers and witnesses to offenders who are mostly accused of minor crimes like shop lifting and violating speed limits. Supporters of victims and other people including reporters and pressmen, police officers, crime and anti-criminal forces work long and hard to put an end to sinister and evil practices. It's quite a confused place apparently but work goes on in a timely way.( Barber, 2010, 807-832)

Table 1: The court visit and their guideline of proceedings

ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE

Nisi Prius (130)

10.15 - 10.45am

The Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice Sir Brian Kerr - Welcome and general overview

Peter Shirlow/Ciaran O'Kelly

10.45 - 11.15am

Mr Justice Weatherup - Judicial Review Court

Peter Shirlow/Ciaran O'Kelly

11.15 - 11.45am

Mr Justice Weir - Family Court

Peter Shirlow/Clare Dwyer

Inn of Court - Full group of students (130)

12.00 - 12.30am

Karen Campbell, NICtS - Work of the High Court

Peter Shirlow/Clare Dwyer

LUNCH BREAK

1.30pm

Arrive at Laganside Courts

LAGANSIDE

Court 14

Retiring room between Court 12 and Court 13

1.45 - 2.15pm

Her Honour Judge Philpott QC - Crown Court

Jack Anderson

Mrs Bagnall Presiding District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) - Magistrates' Court

Jean Allain

2.15pm - 2.45pm

Group C

Mrs Bagnall Presiding District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) - Magistrates' Court

Group D

Her Honour Judge Philpott QC - Crown Court

2.45 - 3.00pm

Court IT demonstration - Alan Dunn/Karen Belshaw, NICtS

Jack Anderson/ Mark Flear

Case management - Julie Keenan/Andrew Heaney, NICtS

3.05 - 3.20pm

Court IT demonstration - Alan Dunn/Karen Belshaw, NICtS

Mark Flear

Case management - Julie Keenan/Andrew Heaney, NICtS

Qingxiu Bu

ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE

Nisi Prius - Full group of students (130)

3.30 - 4.00pm

Stephanie O'Neill, NICtS - Coroner's Court

Mark Flear/ Qingxiu Bu

Cases have to be sorted on the basis of lists and the decision timings that vary for each case. There can be cases regarding child and adult molestation differing on the basis of the degree of occurrence and iteration of the act, shop lifting cases and others assault cases, but all have certain timings for their decisions and hearing in this particular court setting.

Most importantly magistrates undertake each and every court observations with one immunity, where one co-author was an spectator along is presented and actively participating in the court with the assistant associated with project research and filing. The regular environment keeps changing according to the times; the general traffic occurring and present in the court is different in morning hours and takes its turn gradually occurring back and forth as dusk appears. In most cases the offenders are found in early hours in the corridors ...