Unit 20 UK legal systems and uniformed services
WORKBOOK
Level 3 Y2 Extended Diploma
Learning outcome 1
The learner will:
understand aspects of civil and criminal law
The learner must:
describe the differences between UK civil and criminal law
identify the structures of the UK legal systems in civil and criminal matters
explain the roles of personnel within the UK courts systems
The learner must describe the differences that exist between UK civil and criminal law,
together with a comparison of the structure of the UK legal systems (choose one of the
following: England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) for both civil and criminal matters.
The learner must include areas such as:
levels of proof (balance of probabilities, beyond all reasonable doubt)
corroboration of evidence (Scotland)
court systems eg Sheriff Court, Crown Court, Civil Court, High Court
penalties or sentences.
Unit 20 – UK legal systems and uniformed services.
Learning outcome 1.
In this unit I will be able to describe what it’s the difference between criminal law and civil
law, including different examples or case studies related to the topics and the UK legal
systems works.
Criminal law - We can define this as rules where the crimes will be taken by the criminal
law, that’s why it’s called criminal law, were the government will take actions of the criminal
acts to not harm any member of the public or be in danger.
Civil law- This can be described as a compensation between the people or different
organizations, for example if you work in a big company and accidentally you got injured,
the company will have to pay an amount required, if they denied to do the payment you can
sue them and the compensation will be higher or the same, depending of your injury.
In the world of the law there are different regulations, systems and different types of courts
especially between Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
For example the legal system between UK and Scotland, there is a massive comparison in
the laws and how they can proceed with different cases.
WORKBOOK
Level 3 Y2 Extended Diploma
Learning outcome 1
The learner will:
understand aspects of civil and criminal law
The learner must:
describe the differences between UK civil and criminal law
identify the structures of the UK legal systems in civil and criminal matters
explain the roles of personnel within the UK courts systems
The learner must describe the differences that exist between UK civil and criminal law,
together with a comparison of the structure of the UK legal systems (choose one of the
following: England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) for both civil and criminal matters.
The learner must include areas such as:
levels of proof (balance of probabilities, beyond all reasonable doubt)
corroboration of evidence (Scotland)
court systems eg Sheriff Court, Crown Court, Civil Court, High Court
penalties or sentences.
Unit 20 – UK legal systems and uniformed services.
Learning outcome 1.
In this unit I will be able to describe what it’s the difference between criminal law and civil
law, including different examples or case studies related to the topics and the UK legal
systems works.
Criminal law - We can define this as rules where the crimes will be taken by the criminal
law, that’s why it’s called criminal law, were the government will take actions of the criminal
acts to not harm any member of the public or be in danger.
Civil law- This can be described as a compensation between the people or different
organizations, for example if you work in a big company and accidentally you got injured,
the company will have to pay an amount required, if they denied to do the payment you can
sue them and the compensation will be higher or the same, depending of your injury.
In the world of the law there are different regulations, systems and different types of courts
especially between Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
For example the legal system between UK and Scotland, there is a massive comparison in
the laws and how they can proceed with different cases.
