Explains about the Judicial system prevailing in the United Kingdom

1. JUDICIARY IN UNITED KINGDOM
By
Dr.M.SUGIRTHA
Associate Professor of Political Science
Annamalai University (Deputed to)
Government Arts College, Tiruchirappalli - 22
TAMILNADU, INDIA

2. Salient Features of British Judicial System
• Rule of Law
• Absence of Single Judicial System
• Lack of Administrative Courts
• Absence of Judicial Review
• High Quality of Justice
• Guardian of Human Liberties

3. Kinds of Laws in practice in England
• COMMON LAWS:- Common laws have originated from old
customs and traditions and thus they are older than
parliamentary laws
• STATUTORY LAWS:- These are the laws which are passed by
Parliament with due process. These are written and more
authoritative
• LAW OF EQUITY- Judges decide cases with equity and those
principles which are taken into consideration, while
administering justice are called Law of Equity

4. STRUCTURE OF JUDICIARY IN U.K

5. Civil Courts
• County Courts – Civil Court at the lowest level
• Supreme Court of Judicature
(1)High Court
• Court of Queen’s Bench
• Chancery Bench
• The Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Court
(2)Court of Appeal
• THE SUPREME COURT

6. Criminal Courts
• Justice of the Peace
• Petty Sessional Courts
• Courts of Quarter Session
• Court of Assizes
• Court of Criminal Appeals
• Supreme Court

7. SUPREME COURT
• The inauguration of the supreme Court was on
October 1, 2009
• Judicial powers being exercised by House of
Lords have passed on into the hands of
supreme Court
• COMPOSITION OF THE SUPREME COURT:-
According to the Constitutional Reform
Act,2005, including President and Deputy
President is made of the 12 judges of the
Supreme Court

8. SUPREME COURT
• APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES
• QUALIFICATION OF JUDGES
• TENURE
• PROVISION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF ACTING JUDGES

9. References
• Dr. S.R. Mahashwari,“Comparative study of Governments
and Politics” Lakshmi Narain Agrawal, 2004
• S. Badyal, “Comparative Political systems and International
Politics” ,Raj Publishers, 2013.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_
Kingdom
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales
#Senior_Courts_of_England_and_Wales

10. THANK YOU