The Magistrates Court (mainly criminal but also civil jurisdiction):
(a) Personnel:
– Magistrates (Justices of the Peace) – lay persons selected from a panel by the Lord Chancellor
– Circuit Judges – paid ‘professional magistrates’
– Magistrates Court Clerks
(b) Jurisdiction:
– Deals with summary offences and also has some civil jurisdiction
– Committal proceedings (in re: indictable offences)
– Some family jurisdiction
– Debt collection for public utilities, council tax
– Control licences for selling liquor in their area
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