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Chapter 1
Criminal law
[ch 1: page 28]Some employment-related cases are heard under the criminal law, either in the Magistrates Court or the Crown Court, depending on the severity of the charge, for example, police prosecutions for a wide range of offences to do with picketing and protest (see Chapter 6: Industrial Action).