Magistrates are not court employees. They sit on cases and append their signatures to court documents, such as warrants. The actual hard work behind the scenes is done by the administrative staff, who are now classified as civil servants.
Magistrates can deal with a limited number of civil cases as follows:-
some civil debts, for example, arrears of income tax, national insurance contributions, council tax and VAT arrears, rates in Northern Ireland
licences, for example, granting, renewing or taking away licences for pubs and clubs
some matrimonial problems, for example, maintenance and removing a spouse from the matrimonial home
welfare of children, for example, local authority care or supervision orders, adoption proceedings and residence orders.
2007-03-20 04:21:16
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answered by Doethineb 7
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You posted a similar question a while ago. For goodness sake get a students law book. I strongly advise Smith and Keenan's English Law.
2007-03-20 03:27:05
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answered by brian t 5
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