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Are tribunals fully adversarial?

In England there is a system of tribunals as well as various courts. Are they entirely adversarial as well as the courts are?
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When and how did the adversarial aspect of the criminal justice system originate, and to what extent is/was it actually adversarial?

As I understand, originally all judicial courts derived their authority from the crown. So too, was the prosecutor in criminal matters referred to as “the crown.” So the crown is both the judge and ...
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Do tribunals have inquisitorial powers?

In England, tribunals are intended to be more informal and therefore accessible venues of justice where the parties cannot be expected to conduct proceedings with full legal competence. In a pure ...
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