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Starting point and jurisdiction

Starting point and jurisdiction

Flowchart showing how summary, either-way and indictable-only cases move from the Magistrates’ Court to the Crown Court, plus the main criminal appeal routes

Criminal courts deal with offences against the state, and the two main trial courts are the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court. Jurisdiction means the legal power of a court to hear a case and make decisions about it.

Criminal courts and lay people Lesson

  1. A Level
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