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6. What courts hear criminal cases?

  • County Court or Magistrates' Court
  • Magistrates' Court or High Court
  • Magistrates' Court or Crown Court
  • Supreme Court or Crown Court

7. Who starts a criminal trial?

  • The victims of crime
  • The State, never through the CPS
  • The State, usually through the CPS
  • The CPS alone

8. What is double liability?

  • Where two actions are in breach of one law
  • Where one action affects two people
  • Where one action is in breach of two types of law
  • Where two actions are prosecuted in the same court

9. What sort of names would you see in criminal courts?

  • R v Lloyd; DPP v Lloyd
  • R v Lloyd; S v Lloyd
  • Jones v Lloyd; XYZ Ltd v Lloyd
  • HRH v Lloyd; CPS v Lloyd

10. What is the purpose of a criminal trial?

  • To compensate individuals
  • To decide if the defendant is guilty
  • To decide if there has been a breach of rights
  • To create new precedents

11. What is the person starting a criminal trial called?

  • Barrister
  • Claimant
  • Prosecutor
  • Victim