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Essay On District Court

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The District Court is the lowest court in the Irish court system. It is presided over by the President of the District Court and sixty three District Court Judges. They is always one or more judges who are permanently assigned to each district and within Dublin metropolitan district .The judge has the authority to try cases. Generally the venue at which a case is heard depends on where an offence was committed or where the defendant resides or carries on business or was arrested and sometimes it depends on with the Garda officer as which area they were patrolling or the area where they are based that is if it is a road traffic offence. Each District Court office (with the exception of the Dublin Metropolitan District Court) deals with all elements of the work of the District Court. The District Court is a court of local and summary jurisdiction. The District Court has a limited appellate jurisdiction in respect of decisions made by statutory bodies and in these appeals, the decision of the District Court is final except where a point of law is at issue. In such instances an appeal can be taken to the High Court.

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It is considered as less important but most of the issues that affect individuals in the society are dealt in the district court. The district court moulds society and brings order so that our society lives in civilisation (.irish statue book

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