Who sits where in a court room

okioffice84

Just wondering who sits where in a courtroom, is it the same for civil and criminal cases??? What side is the plaintiff on and what side is the defendant on?

Jev/N

http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/Library3.nsf/0/05C5EA6D17CF736580256F2C003B0337/$file/Whos%20who%20in%20court.pdf?openelement

In civil cases, the plaintiff's side will sit on the left hand side of the court, the defendant's on the right. Witnesses sit to the right of the Judge (left hand side of the Court, as above).

NoQuarter

Facing the judge; Plaintiff on the left and Defendant on the right usually.

johnnyskeleton

In Dublin, the prosecution sit on the side closest to the jury. In Other places, the accuseds lawyers sits beside the jury

blatantrereg

The accused sits opposite the jury staring them down with their cold dead eyes while the head juror introduces himself, giving enough info to let people know where he can be found.

Well when I was on a jury for a known gangster that was what happened. He shot a guy in the back and walked... He was shot himself a while later though.

Obviously not everyone who ends up facing a jury is a psycho or a gangster...just the ones who walk off after shooting people really.

I mean "allegedly"

NoQuarter

blatantrereg wrote: »

I mean "allegedly"

But didnt your jury make a decision?

Slyderx1

The Accused can sit where he likes...except on the bench and in the Jury Box

coylemj

blatantrereg wrote: »

The accused sits opposite the jury staring them down with their cold dead eyes

In the case where I was on the jury the accused did indeed sit opposite us. He sat there in a nice suit and started taking notes when witnesses were giving evidence. I wasn't sure if he was simply a methodical individual or if he had been told to do so to impress us by his legal team but was prepared to gave him the benefit of the doubt.

However it soon became obvious that it was a devious ploy and it backfired spectacularly because he continued 'taking notes' while the lawyers discussed procedural matters with the judge and clearly what they were talking about could not be jotted down by a layman so it immediately became clear to us that he was doodling all the way through the trial.

Guilty m'lud.

blatantrereg

m'lud

"judge"

coylemj

blatantrereg wrote: »

"judge"

May it please the court :rolleyes:

smcgiff

coylemj wrote: »

Guilty m'lud.

Don't think that was justifiable reason :eek:

coylemj

smcgiff wrote: »

Don't think that was justifiable reason :eek:

Irony detector switched off today?

okioffice84

What about the employment appeals tribunal, who sits where for that??