Test Your Knowledge!
Across
- 3. The legal responsibility for an act or failure to act
- 5. What is a barrister also known as?
- 6. What type of law does personal injury fall into?
- 8. What is handed down at the end of a trial?
- 9. The response from a defendant to the claimant's version of events and claim
- 11. Voluntary acknowledgement that something is true or correct
- 14. When cases are 'paused' to allow tasks to be completed
- 16. Agreeing compensation and bringing the legal matter to an end
- 17. What is a document attached to a witness statement known as?
- 18. The process of asking the court to make an order for something to be done
- 20. What are records (i.e., GP) referred to in a case?
- 23. The process of taking a case to court
- 25. The final hearing where everything is decided by the Court
- 26. The method used to account for the legal costs involved in a claim
- 27. What can a defendant bring if they do not believe they are at fault?
- 29. A solicitor who has been called to the Bar and is qualified to plead in higher courts
Down
- 1. The maximum time to bring a claim for compensation
- 2. Something proving a claim or argument (i.e., surveillance)
- 4. Someone who provides evidence on the either parties' behalf
- 7. Where one party agrees to protect another party from financial loss or responsibility (i.e., the insurer and the claimant)
- 10. A document submitted to the court in order to begin proceedings
- 12. When documents are disclosed to the other party(ies)
- 13. What is the person at fault known as?
- 15. What is monetary compensation known as?
- 19. The first document sent to defendants to make them aware of the claim
- 21. An order made by the Court requiring the recipient to attend a hearing
- 22. What is the person bringing the claim known as?
- 24. Failure to be as careful as the law requires to protect the rights and property of others
- 28. Once judgment has been passed, how can you argue the decision?