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NCTJ Media Law Questions with complete solution NCTJ Media Law Where do most criminal cases go? - correct answer Magistrates court Where do serious criminal cases go? - correct answer Crown court Where do juvenile cases go? - correct answer Youth court Where do serious juvenile cases go? - correct answer Crown court Where do appeals go? - correct answer High court Where do most civil cases go? Give an example. - correct answer County court - Debt recovery - Breach of co...

What are the two types of contempt? (2) - correct answer 1. Common Law contempt; 2. Strict Liability contempt What can be considered Common Law contempt? - correct answer Publishing material which creates a substantial risk of serious prejudice to legal proceedings which are imminent or pending. What does the Criminal Justice Act 1925 prevent? - correct answer Court sketches or portraits made in courtroom. What must be proved under Common Law contempt if material is published that can ...

NCTJ Media Law what kind of law is based on the custom of the realm and the decisions of judges through the centuries rather than on Acts of Parliament? - correct answer common law what kind of law is the system by which reports of previous cases and judges' interpretations of the common law are used as precedents where the legally material facts are similar? - correct answer case law what is another term for an an act of parliament / primary legislation, used by judges later on? - corre...

NCTJ Media LawWhere does precedent/case laws come from? - correct answer come from courts and evolves over time - judges use previous cases three main sources of law? - correct answer 1) common law 2) precedent (case law) - from courts 3) statute - from parliament define 'evidence in chief' ? - correct answer The main evidence a witness gives before being cross-examined what is a 'summary offence' ? - correct answer offences that can be heard only in magistrates' court: less ser...

NCTJ MEDIA LAW – CONTEMPT EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ Strict Liability Contempt under the Contempt of Court Act 1981 - -"Substantial risk of serious prejudice" and "Proceedings are active" Proceedings active when - -1) A person has been arrested 2) A warrant has been issued for his or her arrest 3) A summons has been issued 4) The accused has been charged orally Proceedings cease to be active when - -1) The arrested person is released without charge 2) No arrest...

NCTJ Media Law Questions And Answers Which court would hear an appeal against a conviction at Crown Court? - ANS Court of Appeal What is the difference between robbery and theft? - ANS Robbery is theft with threat of or use of force What are consecutive sentences? - ANS Jail sentences that are served one after the other. E.g Two six-month consecutive sentences would total 12 months. In which court do all criminal cases begin? - ANS Magistrates Court State a criticism ...

NCTJ Media Lawcivil law - correct answer Dispute between two parties (individual or organisation) for which monetary damages can be paid criminal law - correct answer crimes against society precedent/case law - correct answer evolved over time from other cases statute law - correct answer developed in parliament Common Law - correct answer laws we've had since the middle ages charge - correct answer (criminal) formal accusation prosecute - correct answer (criminal) conduct leg...

NCTJ MEDIA LAW EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED/ Which court would hear an appeal against a conviction at Crown Court? - -Court of Appeal What is the difference between robbery and theft? - -Robbery is theft with threat of or use of force What are consecutive sentences? - -Jail sentences that are served one after the other. E.g Two sixmonth consecutive sentences would total 12 months. In which court do all criminal cases begin? - -Magistrates Court State a criticism...

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