BRITISH VALUES: THE RULE OF LAW

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BRITISH VALUES: THE RULE OF LAW

The Legal System: Did you know? Many British laws can be traced back to the Magna Carta or the Great Charter Many countries legal systems are based on the British legal system

How much do you know about the British legal system?

How old do you have to be to be held criminally responsible? ANSWER: 10

How old do you have to be to get a custodial sentence for a crime? ANSWER: 15

How old do you have to be to join the armed services? ANSWER: 16 (WITH PARENT’S CONSENT)

How old do you have to be to gamble? ANSWER: 18

How old do you have to be to vote? ANSWER: 18

How old do you have to be to be entitled to the national minimum wage? ANSWER: 18

What is the person in charge of a court called? ANSWER: The Judge

What is the person who defends or prosecutes a legal case called? ANSWER: A barrister

The group of people that decides if a person is innocent or guilty is called what? ANSWER: The jury

How do you become part of a jury? ANSWER: You are chosen at random from the electoral register

Where are less serious offences such as driving offences heard? ANSWER: In a magistrates court

Where are serious offences like murder heard? ANSWER: In a crown court

The Magistrates Court Short video about the magistrates court

The Crown Court Short video about the crown court

THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NEWS: DO YOU AGREE? Marine Alexander Blackman was sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting an injured Taliban soldier in Afghanistan by a military court last year

Where next? Watch the news to find out more about legal cases in the news Read the newspapers Anyone can visit a court and sit in the public gallery