law

[rosie786]

who can be recognised as a party to legal proceedings in a court of law?
can anyone please help me with this as i dont understand what it means, thanks

[Ethel]

There are usually two parties in legal proceedings, although there may be more than one person in each party.

In criminal law it is the prosecutor and the defendant(s).

In civil law it is the applicant and the respondent.

One party makes the accusations - you have done this.
The other party defends it - no, I haven't. (Or yes I have but...)

[fredpuli47]

In civil law the person doing the suing, the person who says they've suffered some wrong or injury is called 'the complainant" (they used to be called 'the plaintiff') That's one 'party'. The person being sued is called 'the defendant" That's the other party.

Sometimes there are other people brought in. For example, the defendant might say that everything wrong was done by some other person, not him.That person blamed can be made a party to the action. They become the "Third Party".

[rosie786]

thanks so much for the answers i got to my question. very much apreciated

[Cheatseeker!]

This is another open university question for the W100 course!!! Might I suggest that you speak with your tutor regarding this and NOT POST FURTHER QUESTIONS ON HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE!

This is not fair on the rest of us who are working hard to get through the course!