England and Wales

CRIMINAL COURTS

Write a list of international words, used in the text. Use your dictionary to check their exact meaning.

Write down the law terms, known to you, in Ukrainian.

4) Find in the text the sentence about establishing a government department in the “Serious Fraud Office”.

Commentary and notes to the text:

1. criminal proceedings – кримінальне судочинство

2. the Crown Prosecution Service – Служба королівського переслідування

3. public prosecutors (procurators fiscal) – державні обвинувачі (судові виконавці)

4. a Director of Public Prosecutions – Директор публічних переслідувань

5. to issue cautions – винести попередження

6. the Serious Fraud Office – Міністерство з боротьби зі значним шахрайством

7. the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 – Акт 1985 р. про обвинувачення правопорушників

8. to provide lawyers – приписувати юристам

9. to brief barristers to appear – доручати баристерам виступати

10. the Chief Crown Prosecutor – Головний королівський обвинувач

11. to avoid suggestions of local influence – уникати впливу (порад) місцевої влади

12. the Official Secret Act – Акт про офіційні секретні документи

13. discharging his duties … – виконуючи свої обов’язки …

14. the Higher Court of Justiciary – Вищий суд

15. the Crown Agent – Королівський представник

16. the Solicitor-General for Scotland – генеральний повірений у справах Шотландії

17. to try on indictment – судити по обвинувальному акту

18. summary offence – злочин, що переслідується в порядку сумарного провадження

In England and Wales the initial to begin criminal proceedings normally lies with the police. Once the police have brought a criminal charge, the papers are passed to the Crown Prosecution Service which decides whether the case should be accepted for prosecution in the courts or whether the proceedings should be discontinued. In Scotland public prosecutors (procurators fiscal) decide whether or not to bring proceedings. In Northern Ireland there is a Director of Public Prosecutions. In England and Wales (and exceptionally in Scotland) a private person may institute criminal proceedings. Police may issue cautions, and in Scotland the procurator fiscal may warn, instead of prosecuting.

In April 1988 the Serious Fraud Office, a government department was established to investigate and prosecute the most serious and complex cases of fraud in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Crown Prosecution Service was established in England and Wales by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. The Director of Public Prosecutions is the head of the Service, which is responsible for the prosecution of criminal offences in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. The Service is divided into 31 areas with a locally based Chief Crown Prosecutor, heading each. He is appointed by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Service provides lawyers to prosecute cases in the magistrates’ courts and briefs barristers to appear in the Crown Court. Although the decision to prosecute is generally delegated to the Chief Crown Prosecutor, some cases are dealt with by the headquarters of the Service; these include cases of national importance, exceptional difficulty or great public concern and those which require that suggestions of local influence be avoided. Such cases might include terrorist offences, breaches of the Official Secrets Act, large-scale conspiracies to import drugs and the prosecution of police officers.

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