Legal Personnel and the Judiciary | AQA A-Level Law (7162)
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
- 82 questions
- 5 subtopics
- The nature of law and the English legal system, 25 marks on every paper
- Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3
What barristers, solicitors and legal executives do, the work of judges at each level, and the independence and appointment of the judiciary..
It covers barristers and Solicitors, the Role of Judges in Civil and Criminal Trials, rights of Audience and Legal Documentation, the Judges and Their Courts and judicial Independence and Appointments.
Sample questions from Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Barristers and Solicitors
What role do solicitors play in preparing for legal proceedings?
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Solicitors prepare legal documents such as contracts, wills, and court papers. -
Barristers and Solicitors
Which regulatory body oversees the professional conduct of barristers?
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The Bar Standards Board regulates barristers. -
The Role of Judges in Civil and Criminal Trials
What guidance do criminal court judges provide to juries?
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Judges direct the jury on points of law, explaining the relevant legal principles they must apply to the facts. -
The Role of Judges in Civil and Criminal Trials
What is the judge's overarching responsibility regarding the conduct of a criminal trial?
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The judge must ensure a fair trial. -
Rights of Audience and Legal Documentation
In which courts do solicitors have rights of audience?
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Solicitors have limited rights of audience, typically in lower courts such as magistrates' courts and county courts. -
Rights of Audience and Legal Documentation
What functions does the Bar Standards Board perform?
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The BSB sets training requirements, establishes professional standards, and handles complaints and disciplinary matters concerning barristers. -
The Judges and Their Courts
What is the role of Lords Justices of Appeal?
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Lords Justices of Appeal sit in the Court of Appeal hearing appeals from lower courts. -
The Judges and Their Courts
What types of cases do High Court judges hear?
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High Court judges hear serious civil cases and some criminal appeals.
The 5 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Barristers and Solicitors | Recall questions on advocacy and specialist opinion work, and on the client and preparatory work solicitors do. | 9 |
| The Role of Judges in Civil and Criminal Trials | Recall questions on how civil judges manage cases, find facts, apply the law and award remedies, and on how criminal judges run the trial, rule on evidence, direct and sum up to the jury and pass sentence. | 16 |
| Rights of Audience and Legal Documentation | Recall questions on how barristers and solicitors work and where each may appear, conveyancing, Chartered Legal Executives, the Bar Standards Board and Solicitors Regulation Authority, and complaints to the Legal Ombudsman. | 19 |
| The Judges and Their Courts | Recall questions on Justices of the Peace, district judges, recorders and circuit judges, High Court judges, Lords Justices of Appeal and Justices of the Supreme Court, and the cases each hears. | 12 |
| Judicial Independence and Appointments | Recall questions on security of tenure and immunity from suit, and on what the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 changed about the top court and appointments. | 26 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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