{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T08:55:28Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.9, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094d3-1848-7101-af67-926bfa344091\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "SOC.ORG" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q203895/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.crown-court", "name": "Crown Court", "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify the registered Crown Court, assess its jurisdiction and operating state, and determine the procedurally permitted next step for a matter involving it.", "definition": "The Crown Court is part of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and tries cases on indictment, sentences offenders committed to it and hears specified appeals from magistrates' courts.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the Crown Court of England and Wales as a judicial institution: its legal identity, territorial and subject-matter jurisdiction, judicial authority, procedural interfaces and institutional operation; the separately constituted Crown Court in Northern Ireland is outside its scope.", "in_scope": [ "Legal identity, establishing instruments and relationship to the relevant court system", "Territorial reach and authority to receive, try, sentence or review matters", "Judicial composition, jury requirements and allocation of decision rights", "Case entry, hearing and onward challenge interfaces", "Court operation, public access and restrictions on court information" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Individual prosecutions, evidence and case outcomes, owned by case models", "Court buildings, courtrooms and physical security infrastructure", "Personal records and careers of judges, jurors, advocates and court staff", "Prosecution, policing, prison and probation organisations", "The general criminal law and detailed models of offences or penalties" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Its identity is the Crown Court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales; the separately constituted Crown Court in Northern Ireland is a different institution.", "A court centre or hearing venue must be distinguished from the judicial institution whose authority is exercised there.", "Its relationship to magistrates' courts must be established through the applicable allocation, referral and appeal rules rather than inferred from court names.", "Any jury role must be identified by proceeding type; the model must not treat every Crown Court hearing as a jury trial.", "The judicial authority deciding a matter must be distinguished from the administrative organisation providing staff, scheduling and facilities." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Legal identity and jurisdiction", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Jurisdiction, authoritative court designation and establishing or governing instruments", "why_it_matters": "Prevents rules belonging to different courts called Crown Court from being combined." }, { "name": "Institutional level", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Court as a whole; court centre; sitting; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Separates the registered institution from its local manifestations." }, { "name": "Procedural capacity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Trial; sentencing; appeal; other verified capacity, each qualified by jurisdiction", "why_it_matters": "The applicable powers and composition may depend on the capacity in which the court acts." }, { "name": "Matter eligibility", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Proceeding type linked to applicable jurisdiction and allocation rules", "why_it_matters": "Supports checking whether a matter belongs before this court." }, { "name": "Required judicial composition", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Proceeding type linked to authorised judicial roles and any jury requirement", "why_it_matters": "Identifies who may decide which issues." }, { "name": "Operational availability", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Operating normally; restricted operation; sittings suspended; unknown, with date and affected centre or function", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes practical availability from continuing legal authority." }, { "name": "Listing delay", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Days between explicitly defined procedural milestones, qualified by centre, proceeding type and reporting period", "why_it_matters": "Supports realistic scheduling without confusing different waiting-time measures." }, { "name": "Access regime", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Hearing or record category linked to applicable access rules and specific orders", "why_it_matters": "Public attendance, record access and permission to publish require separate checks." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a Crown Court name or centre reference to its verified institutional identity.", "Check a proposed referral or filing against the relevant jurisdiction and procedural entry requirements.", "Identify the authorised decision-maker and required composition for a specified proceeding.", "Locate applicable listing, attendance and submission instructions for the relevant centre.", "Check access and reporting conditions before retrieving or sharing court information.", "Identify a possible onward challenge route for verification against the decision type and applicable rules." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe the court's role, procedures and locations from official sources.", "Help a person find official guidance on attending court as a witness, juror or defendant.", "Report published judgments and sentencing remarks accurately." ], "must_not": [ "Give legal advice for a person's case in place of a lawyer.", "Publish material that breaches reporting restrictions or identifies protected victims or children.", "Comment on live proceedings in a way that risks contempt of court.", "Contact or influence jurors or witnesses." ], "requires_human": [ "Filing documents or taking any step in proceedings for someone." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Criminal trials decide people's liberty; fairness and openness are essential.", "Victims, witnesses and defendants deserve privacy protections the law gives them." ], "affected_parties": [ "Defendants", "Victims and witnesses", "Jurors" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The courts service of the jurisdiction, under the judiciary.", "master_systems": [ "Court records and case management systems" ] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Backlogs delay justice for victims and defendants.", "Prejudicial publicity can collapse trials." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Criminal Procedure Rules, Criminal Procedure Rule Committee (England and Wales).", "Courts Act 1971, Parliament of the United Kingdom." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "The Crown Court in England and Wales hears criminal trials on indictment and sentences cases committed to it by magistrates' courts.", "It also hears specified appeals from magistrates' courts, making it relevant to defendants, witnesses, legal representatives and court administration." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "recognition": "The court is a legal institution whose identity and jurisdiction cannot be established from the appearance of a building or courtroom." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q203895: Crown Court", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203895", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Crown Court", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Court", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-court-system", "name": "Identity and court system", "description": "Establish which Crown Court the registry denotes and how its institutional identity relates to court centres.", "rationale": "The name alone does not settle jurisdiction or whether a reference denotes the whole court or a local venue.", "layers": [ { "id": "legal-designation", "name": "Legal designation", "description": "Anchor the institution to authoritative legal and administrative records.", "findings": [ { "id": "jurisdiction-specific-identity", "name": "Jurisdiction-specific identity", "description": "Record the intended jurisdiction, official designation and legal basis without assuming that similarly named courts share powers.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which jurisdiction and judicial institution does vr.tr.crown-court denote?", "kind": "definition", "id": "jurisdiction-specific-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Which authoritative instrument or official court record establishes that identity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "jurisdiction-specific-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "institution-and-centres", "name": "Institution and centres", "description": "Separate institutional continuity from the places where hearings occur.", "findings": [ { "id": "centre-relationship", "name": "Centre relationship", "description": "Represent a named centre, sitting or courtroom through its relationship to the court rather than automatically creating another judicial institution.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does a local Crown Court name identify a separate institution, a court centre or a hearing location?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "centre-relationship-q01" }, { "text": "Which official directory establishes the centre's relationship to the court and its current operation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "centre-relationship-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "jurisdiction-and-case-entry", "name": "Jurisdiction and case entry", "description": "Describe which matters may reach the court and through which procedural gateways.", "rationale": "A Crown Court model must support deciding whether the court can receive a matter in a particular capacity.", "layers": [ { "id": "competence-by-proceeding", "name": "Competence by proceeding", "description": "Qualify powers by proceeding type and applicable territorial or personal limits.", "findings": [ { "id": "matter-within-jurisdiction", "name": "Matter within jurisdiction", "description": "Identify the conditions under which trial, sentencing, appeal or another verified function falls within this Crown Court's authority.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which matter types may this Crown Court hear, and in which procedural capacities?", "kind": "definition", "id": "matter-within-jurisdiction-q01" }, { "text": "Which territorial, age-related or other limits require a different court or procedure?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "matter-within-jurisdiction-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "procedural-gateways", "name": "Procedural gateways", "description": "Connect eligible matters to the acts and records needed for entry.", "findings": [ { "id": "valid-entry-route", "name": "Valid entry route", "description": "Record the applicable sending, committal, appeal or other verified route and the requirements that make it effective.", "questions": [ { "text": "What decision, notice or originating act brings this type of matter before the Crown Court?", "kind": "action", "id": "valid-entry-route-q01" }, { "text": "Which current procedural source specifies the required documents, recipient and timing?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "valid-entry-route-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "judicial-composition-and-powers", "name": "Judicial composition and powers", "description": "Identify who may exercise the court's authority and how decision rights vary between proceedings.", "rationale": "The court's name does not establish the required bench, jury involvement or available orders for a particular hearing.", "layers": [ { "id": "bench-and-jury", "name": "Bench and jury", "description": "Describe authorised judicial composition and the allocation of issues to decision-makers.", "findings": [ { "id": "authorised-composition", "name": "Authorised composition", "description": "Link each proceeding type to the judicial roles and any jury participation it requires or permits.", "questions": [ { "text": "What judicial composition is required for this proceeding, and what exceptions apply?", "kind": "definition", "id": "authorised-composition-q01" }, { "text": "Which issues belong to the judge, jury or another authorised member of the court?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "authorised-composition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "orders-and-sentencing-authority", "name": "Orders and sentencing authority", "description": "Distinguish institution-level powers from the outcome sought in an individual case.", "findings": [ { "id": "available-exercise-of-power", "name": "Available exercise of power", "description": "Record the legal basis and conditions for relevant orders or sentencing powers without predicting their exercise.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which orders or sentencing powers are available in this procedural capacity?", "kind": "definition", "id": "available-exercise-of-power-q01" }, { "text": "What prerequisites and limits must be checked before asking the court to exercise a particular power?", "kind": "action", "id": "available-exercise-of-power-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hearings-and-onward-routes", "name": "Hearings and onward routes", "description": "Model the court's procedural interfaces from listing through decision and potential challenge.", "rationale": "Agents need to distinguish administrative arrangements, judicial directions and routes for challenging different decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "listing-and-participation", "name": "Listing and participation", "description": "Identify how hearings are arranged and how participants establish their obligations.", "findings": [ { "id": "hearing-readiness", "name": "Hearing readiness", "description": "Link hearing types to authoritative listing information, attendance requirements and submission directions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which official listing or notice establishes the hearing's time, location and participation mode?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "hearing-readiness-q01" }, { "text": "What attendance, representation and submission requirements must the participant satisfy?", "kind": "action", "id": "hearing-readiness-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "decision-and-challenge", "name": "Decision and challenge", "description": "Connect decisions to their authoritative records and applicable review pathways.", "findings": [ { "id": "decision-specific-onward-route", "name": "Decision-specific onward route", "description": "Identify potential appeal, review or correction mechanisms by decision type and the capacity in which the court acted.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which official order or record establishes the decision and its operative date?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "decision-specific-onward-route-q01" }, { "text": "Which challenge or correction route, if any, applies, and what standing, permission and time requirements govern it?", "kind": "action", "id": "decision-specific-onward-route-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-open-justice", "name": "Operation and open justice", "description": "Assess practical court availability and the conditions governing access to hearings and court information.", "rationale": "Operational restrictions and information restrictions affect different agent actions and require distinct evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "court-service-availability", "name": "Court service availability", "description": "Track the current ability of relevant centres and functions to support proceedings.", "findings": [ { "id": "availability-and-delay", "name": "Availability and delay", "description": "Record service disruptions and comparable delay measures with dates and clearly bounded coverage.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which official notices identify disrupted sittings, relocated hearings or unavailable services?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "availability-and-delay-q01" }, { "text": "Which milestones, proceeding types and reporting periods define any stated listing delay?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "availability-and-delay-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "attendance-records-and-reporting", "name": "Attendance, records and reporting", "description": "Separate permission to attend from permission to obtain records, record proceedings or publish information.", "findings": [ { "id": "information-use-permissions", "name": "Information use permissions", "description": "Attach access rules and applicable orders to the proposed information use rather than treating public visibility as unrestricted permission.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which rules and specific orders govern attendance, record access, recording and reporting for this proceeding?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "information-use-permissions-q01" }, { "text": "What must an agent verify or request before obtaining, recording or publishing the relevant court information?", "kind": "action", "id": "information-use-permissions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The absent sense leaves England and Wales versus Northern Ireland unresolved; the registry's intended jurisdiction should be checked first.", "This is recalled institutional knowledge, not researched or verified source material.", "Jurisdiction-specific procedural exceptions and amendments to the named legislation require verification." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Crown Court this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Courts Act 1971 - UK Parliament; established the Crown Court in England and Wales.", "Senior Courts Act 1981 - UK Parliament; provides a principal statutory framework for the Crown Court in England and Wales.", "Criminal Procedure Rules - Criminal Procedure Rule Committee; govern criminal court procedure in England and Wales.", "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 - UK Parliament; provides the statutory framework for the Crown Court in Northern Ireland." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Crown Court this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Trial on indictment of serious criminal offences.", "Jury determination of guilt in contested trials, subject to statutory exceptions.", "Sentencing following conviction or committal for sentence.", "Hearing appeals against magistrates' court convictions or sentences." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Crown Court this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Jury size at the start of an ordinary jury trial", "typical_range": "12", "unit": "jurors" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Crown Court this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Miscarriages of justice arising from unreliable evidence, disclosure failures or procedural unfairness.", "Case delays and backlogs prolonging uncertainty for defendants, victims and witnesses.", "Witness intimidation or juror interference compromising proceedings.", "Inadequate interpretation or accessibility support impairing effective participation.", "Sentencing or procedural errors requiring appellate correction." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Crown Court this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "England and Wales share one Crown Court institution sitting at multiple locations; individual court buildings are not separate institutions of equivalent legal identity.", "Northern Ireland has a separately constituted Crown Court, with distinct procedural rules and statutory provision for certain trials without a jury.", "Scotland has no Crown Court; serious criminal trials are conducted through its own High Court of Justiciary and sheriff court system." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Crown Court this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Magistrates' court", "difference": "Handles summary criminal proceedings and preliminary stages of many cases that proceed to the Crown Court." }, { "name": "County Court", "difference": "Exercises civil jurisdiction in England and Wales rather than the Crown Court's criminal jurisdiction." }, { "name": "Court of Appeal, Criminal Division", "difference": "Reviews Crown Court convictions and sentences in England and Wales rather than ordinarily conducting the initial trial." }, { "name": "Crown Prosecution Service", "difference": "Prosecutes criminal cases in England and Wales; it is not the court that adjudicates them." }, { "name": "Crown Court building", "difference": "Is a physical venue; the court is the judicial institution exercising jurisdiction there." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Crown Court this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend the Crown Court of England and Wales, the Crown Court in Northern Ireland, or a broader concept encompassing multiple jurisdictions?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover the intended institution, requiring a registry link instead of a new publication?", "Which current primary instruments establish the intended court's jurisdiction, composition and procedural powers?", "Which official sources distinguish the institution from its centres and provide reliable operational and delay information?", "Which jurisdiction-specific exceptions most materially affect jury participation, case entry, onward challenges and public access?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 17, "questions": 27 } }