ACCAF4《公司法与商法》知识点讲解.docVIP

ACCA F4《公司法与商法》知识点讲解（1） 1 Distinction between criminal and civil law ? 　　1.1 Civil law 　　1.2 Criminal law 　　2 The courts of law ? 　　2.1 The European Courts: ? 　　(a) Court of the European Union (European Court of Justice) (not to be confused with European Court of Human Rights); ? 　　(i) Hears references and appeals from courts of member states on matters of European Law; ? 　　(ii) On European Law matters can overrule decisions of any UK court; ? 　　(b) European Court of Human Rights: ? 　　(i) The final source of appeal on European Convention on Human Rights matters. (Note that the Convention is now incorporated into UK law by Human Rights Act 1998); ? 　　(ii) There is no appeal from the European Court of Human Rights to European Court of Justice. ? 　　2.2 The House of Lords: ? 　　(a) Highest UK court; ? 　　(b) Personnel – Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lords) . 5 will usually sit on an appeal; ? 　　(c) Jurisdiction – purely appellate. Hears appeals from : ? 　　– Both divisions of the Court of Appeal ? 　　– The divisional court of the Queens Bench Division of the High Court ? 　　– The High Court by leapfrog procedure; ? 　　(d) On appeals from some Commonwealth Courts and Channel Islands the court sits as The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. ? 　　2.3 The Court of Appeal: ? 　　(a) Divided into 2 divisions : ? 　　– civil and ? 　　– criminal ? 　　(b) Personnel – Lord Justices of Appeal. 3 will usually sit on an appeal. ? 　　– civil division – Master of the Rolls is chief judge ? 　　– criminal division – Lord Chief Justice of the criminal division ? 　　(c) Jurisdiction – purely appellate. Hears appeals from ? 　　– all 3 divisions of the High Court, the divisional court, the EAT, Lords Tribunal and Transport Tribunal ? 　　– the Crown Court ? 　　– the County Court (except for certain appeals in regard to family and bankruptcy matters) ? 　　2.4 The High Court: ? 　　(a) Divided into 3 divisions: ? 　　– Queens Bench Division ? 　　– Family Division ? 　　– Chancery Division ? 　　(