Handbook of Procedures in Magistrates' Courts
11th Edition
Published on 1. September 1995
Book
Spiral bound
128 pages
978-0-7219-0474-0 (ISBN)
Description
The main object of this work is as a ready reference, principally for court chairman and clerks when needing to make pronouncements in court. However, the scope of the book has been widened to provide a range of useful day-to-day information for the same users. In addition to the usual forms of oaths and suggested sentencing pronouncements, for example, there are included background notes on mode of trial decisions, bail, sentencing and enforcement powers. All recent changes in the law, such as the right of the prosecution to challenge the granting of bail in certain cases and the disappearance of committal proceedings, have been taken into account. The 1995 version of the Lord Chief Justice's mode of trial guidelines are included as an appendix and there are sections dealing with the powers of the Family Proceedings Court, contempt of court and costs.
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Edition
11th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Crayford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7219-0474-0 (9780721904740)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS OF WITNESSES; MODE OF TRIAL AND ELECTION PROCEDURE IN "EITHER WAY" OFFENCE; MODE OF TRIAL AND ELECTION IN CRIMINAL DAMAGE CASES or other Schedule 2 offences; SUMMARY TRIAL: Order of evidence and speeches, Direction prohibiting identification of child or young person; BAIL IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: Granting of bail, Refusal of bail; SENTENCING POWERS OF THE MAGISTRATES' COURT: Order for conditional discharge, Probation Order, Community Service Order, Combination Order, Sentence of imprisonment/suspended sentence, Detention in a Young Offenders Institution, Deferment of sentence, Recognisance to keep the peace, Supervision Order; SENTENCING POWERS OF THE YOUTH COURT; POWERS OF THE FAMILY PROCEEDINGS COURT; MAGISTRATES' COURT ENFORCEMENT POWERS: Maximum periods of imprisonment in default, Imprisonment in default on or after conviction; CONTEMPT OF COURT: Dealing with the contemnor; COSTS; POLICE DECLARATION; JUSTICES' OATHS; APPENDIX - NATIONAL MODE OF TRIAL GUIDELINES 1995.