AQA alevel law unit 1 and 2

I thought it was good!! Only question I didn't like was the first question of criminal courts and lay people - anyone else do this? You?

I did that one, i briefly described what what in the magistrate court i.e. dual role, evidence and sentencing and the mode of trial for TEW offences and o described crown courts and briefly explained jurors and their role and mentioned the judge hears appeals with two magistrates.

I then explain summary, TEW and indictable offences and explained each appeal court and what they did.

Did you do delegated legislation i was so happy when advantages and disadvantages came up.

no i didn't although i did see it. it looked horrible
i thought the paper overall wasnt to bad!

They usually ask about the advantages/disadvantages of both jurors and magistrates.

I've learnt these as -

Magistrate advantages - RBCK
Representative, 57% women, 9% ethnic minority
Bingham (Lord) called them "democratic jewel beyond price"
Cost, only pay for expenses, w/o magistrates would cost judicial system £100 million extra as will need 1000 more judges, all being paid at least £100,000
Knowledge of the area, in Paul V DPP, a man was able to be convicted based on the magistrate knowing that the area the defendant was kerb crawling was residential making it a nuisance.

Magistrate Disadvantages - RUPA
Reliant on Legal Advisors, R V Eccles, the legal advisor retired with the magistrates although no law was being discussed
Unrepresentative, 2/3 are managers compared to the 1/3 in society, also 57% are over 60 and 0.37% are under 30 which means defendants (usually under 25) are not being judged by their peers
Prosecution Bias, Bingham Justice has told us that Magistrates have admitted to believing the police over defendants
Auld report has said it is "disproportionately well off and middle class" as they can afford to work for free whereas lower classes cannot.

Jury Advantages - PEEL
Public enthusiasm, for examples home office report 2004 found that over half of those summoned were 'enthusiastic' and the others feeling reluctant said this was mainly due to their availability.
Equity, in Stephen Owens, the defendant attempted to kill the man who killed his son through bad driving and who had previous convictions, he was found innocent, showing morality and fairness come into light under the justice system without limitations of law.
Elimination of bias, research in 2007 found that a racially mixed jury will not discriminate a defendant, showing its fairness. It has also been called 'the light that lets freedom live'
Long and established approach, the magna carta 1215 has said 'every person has the right of a lawful judgement by their peers'

Jury Disadvantages - MBIC
Misuse of media, jurors can be irresponsible and not follow their role properly, in Fraile and Sewart, the juror spoke to the defendant on Facebook whilst his guilt was being deliberated
Bias, Jurys can judge people based on their appearance etc. Also in Dallas, the juror went home and researched the defendant and found out his previous convictions making her decision a biased one as they shouldn't know prev. convictions
Influences, they can be easily knobbled by gang members,R V McKenna, the defendant was acquitted as the judge gave the jury a limited time frame which goes against them being independent
Complexity of issues, sometimes Jurors don't take their role seriously and can be naive, in Delroy Grant, the defendant was charged with raping 29 women within 10 years, he argued his ex wife planted his semen, he was convicted on a 10-2 basis showing that 2 were fooled by his alibi.

I know this is a lot to learn in the few hours you have left but i hope it helps.
They usually ask a question about the cases a mag/crown can deal with or the process or possibly the work of a magistrate. If you need help with these just ask.

They usually ask about the qualification and selection - which you have learnt as well as the advantages/disadvantages.

I did statutory interpretation and judicial precedent and I thought they were pretty straightforward. The lay people was harder tho. I wrote about magistrates and crown courts and the type of offences they hear and then I wrote about which courts you can appeal to on sentence/conviction. Don't know if this was right?

Thank you so much, you helped a lot!!

I did that one, i briefly described what what in the magistrate court i.e. dual role, evidence and sentencing and the mode of trial for TEW offences and o described crown courts and briefly explained jurors and their role and mentioned the judge hears appeals with two magistrates.

I then explain summary, TEW and indictable offences and explained each appeal court and what they did.

Did you do delegated legislation i was so happy when advantages and disadvantages came up.

I did statutory interpretation and judicial precedent and I thought they were pretty straightforward. The lay people was harder tho. I wrote about magistrates and crown courts and the type of offences they hear and then I wrote about which courts you can appeal to on sentence/conviction. Don't know if this was right?

I wrote that magistrates hear summary offences and some either way and what trials juries hear, then went on to say where appeals go, so like high courts, court of appeal, supreme court and ECHR

I wrote that magistrates hear summary offences and some either way and what trials juries hear, then went on to say where appeals go, so like high courts, court of appeal, supreme court and ECHR

What came up on unit 1? I sat this exam last year, curious? 💁

I don't know for each topic... but the three that I did

Delegated Legislation:
- two forms of delegated legislation
- parliamentary control
- advantages and disadvantages of delegated legislation

Statutory interpretation:
- intrinsic and extrinsic aids
- mischief rule
- advantages and disadvantages of mischief rule

Criminal courts and lay people:
- criminal courts, appeal courts and offences tried in each
- training of magistrates after appointment
- disadvantages of lay people