Civil Courts and Other Forms of Dispute Resolution | OCR A-Level Law (H418)

Civil Courts and Other Forms of Dispute Resolution

  • 51 questions
  • 2 subtopics
  • Component 1: The legal system and criminal law
  • Component 1

Where a civil claim is heard and how else a dispute might be settled without going to court at all..

It covers civil courts: jurisdiction, procedure and appeals and employment tribunals and alternative dispute resolution.

Sample questions from Civil Courts and Other Forms of Dispute Resolution

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

  1. Civil courts: jurisdiction, procedure and appeals

    What types of cases does the Family Division of the High Court handle?

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    Complex family matters including wardship, adoption, and cases under the Children Act.
  2. Civil courts: jurisdiction, procedure and appeals

    What requirements must be met for a further appeal from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) to the Supreme Court?

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    Permission is required, and the case must raise a point of law of general public importance.
  3. Employment tribunals and alternative dispute resolution

    Define negotiation as a form of alternative dispute resolution.

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    Negotiation is where parties communicate directly with each other to reach a mutually acceptable settlement without third-party involvement.
  4. Employment tribunals and alternative dispute resolution

    What recourse is unavailable to parties dissatisfied with an ADR outcome?

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    There is no right of appeal.

The 2 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic What it covers Questions
Civil courts: jurisdiction, procedure and appeals Recall questions on the jurisdiction of the County Court and the three divisions of the High Court, pre-action steps and disclosure, the small claims, fast and multi-tracks, the grounds and routes of civil appeal, and the advantages and disadvantages of using the civil courts. 31
Employment tribunals and alternative dispute resolution Recall questions on the jurisdiction, panel and procedure of employment tribunals, on negotiation, mediation, conciliation and arbitration as forms of ADR, and on the advantages and disadvantages of ADR compared with going to court. 20
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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.

  1. Step 1 · Closed book

    Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.

  2. 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.

  3. Step 3 · Closed book again

    Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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