Circuit System

English Legal System: Circuit System

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Circuit System : The system of dividing England and Wales into regional circuits for the purpose of court administration. It is based upon the traditional regional groupings adopted by the Bar and consists of the South-Eastern, Western, Midland and Oxford, Wales and Chester, Northern, and North-Eastern circuits. Each circuit is administered by a *circuit administrator and supervised by two *presiding judges.

See also circuit judge.