Read the definitions and write the words in the grid to find the mystery word.
Use the clues on the left to complete the words on the right.
V. OVER TO YOU
Prepare a report on the route of a criminal or civil case from the lowest court to the highest one in the UK.
IV. WRITING
Mrs George is a witness to the robbery. The judge is questioning her. Complete the dialogue with the answers given below.
Explain the difference between a magistrate and a judge.
Use the diagram in exercise 2 from DEVELOPMENT to speak about the judicial system in England and Wales.
III. PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
2. Compare the judicial system of Ukraine and that of England and Wales. Make up a plan. At first find all similar points and then the different ones.
Notes: witness – свідок
robbery – грабіж
inscription – напис
wig – перука
Judge: Now, Mrs George, you saw the shop robbery, didn’t you?
Mrs George: Yes, I did.
- Did you see a man?
- Can you see that man in the courtroom?
- Was he alone when he went into the shop?
- Look around the court. Can you see that woman?
- Now look at the man and woman again. This is very important. Are you absolutely sure about them?
- Mrs George, what was the man wearing when he went into the shop?
- Look at the bags on the table. Can you see it?
- Do you remember anything about the woman?
- How do you know that it was a wig?
- Which of the wigs on the table?
- Thank you, Mrs George.
Mrs George’s answers:
- Yes. A red coat and a blond wig.
- Yes, that’s the man I saw.
- Absolutely.
- I don’t remember everything… but I remember his grey coat and a large black bag.
- That’s right. I saw him when he came into the shop and when he came out.
- On the left, with short blond curly hair.
- Yes, that woman over there.
- It fell off when she was running to the car.
- No, he was with a woman.
- The large black bag with the golden inscription.
Why does the judge ask such detailed questions?
Now speak about the case as 1) a judge; 2) Mrs George 3) one of the robbers.
1) Senior official in a court of law. _ u_ _ e
2) The branch of law dealing with crime. C _ _ _ I _ a _ _ a _
3) A country’s body of judges. J _ _ _ _ I _ _ y
4) A panel of twelve people who decide
whether the accused committed a crime. _ _ _ y
5) Untrained lawyer who presides over the
lowest criminal court. _ a _ _ _ t _ _ t _
1) A member of a jury;
2) The place where a trial is held;
3) The chief official in control of a court of law;
4) The right to use an official power to make legal decisions, or the area where this right exists;
5) An official decision made in a court of law, especially about whether someone is guilty of a crime or how a death happened;
6) Relating to law, judges or their system;
7) A formal request to a court or someone in authority asking for a decision to be changed;
8) A legal process in which a judge and often a jury examine information to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime;
9) A person who has a certificate in law.
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