Which Court Am I?
I handle minor criminal offences like speeding or parking fines.
What is the Magistrate's court?
I am the legal title of the person who has allegedly committed the offence.
What is the accused?
I am a minor offence such as minor assault and theft
What are summary offences?
This reason for the court hierarchy allows courts to handle cases based on their expertise in specific types of law.
What is specialisation?
A Magistrates’ Courts decision about the length of a sentence can be appealed to this court.
What is the County Court?
I am the highest court in Victoria
What is the Supreme Court of Appeal?
I determine the sanction when a person is found guilty of a crime.
What is a judge?
I am a type of law between two individuals in which one party believes they have been wronged by the other.
What is civil law?
This reason allows higher courts to review decisions made by lower courts.
What is appeals?
In Victoria, the highest court that hears criminal appeals is this court.
What is the Supreme Court (Court of Appeal)?
Usually I am reserved for only the most serious of offences such as murder.
What is the Supreme Court of Victoria?
I am the only type of lawyer who can present the case in court.
What is a barrister?
A term used to describe the power of a court to hear a case for the first time.
What is original jurisdiction?
This reason ensures the resources allows for an efficient allocation of resources as the most complex cases are dealt with by higher courts, leaving smaller matters to lower courts.
What is administrative convenience?
When the High Court makes a ruling, this legal principle is established for all lower courts to follow.
What is a precedent?
I hear most indictable offences.
What is the County Court of Victoria?
I am often referred to as the DPP.
What is the Director of Public Prosecutions?
Serious offences which must be trialled with a jury
What are indictable offences?
This reason ensures lower courts follow legal principles established by higher courts when the material facts of the case are similar.
What is the doctrine of precedent?
If a party is unhappy with the decision in a criminal case from the County Court, they can appeal to this court.
What is the Supreme Court (Court of Appeal)?
I handle civil disputes involving amounts over $200,000, including personal injury claims.
What is the County Court?
I work in one type of court and it is my job to listen to the facts of the case, determine the guilt of the accused and decide on an appropriate sanction.
What is a Magistrate?
An application to a higher court for a case to be reheard.
What is an appeal?
This reason allows courts at different levels to focus on specific types of cases, which helps the legal system run smoothly.
What is administrative convenience?
I am the latin term meaning the "reason for the decision".
What is the ratio decidendi?