Example sentences of "in [art] [noun pl] ' court [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About half of the Blacks and Whites were tried in the magistrates ' courts and one-fifth of the Asians ( see Table 3 ) . |
| 2 | An analysis of sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and in the Crown Court ( where the data were available ) showed that differences between the races in sentencing were not significant . |
| 3 | Apart from this , it was found that sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and sentencing in the Crown Court did not differ significantly . |
| 4 | This meeting notes with concern the potential for exploitation of junior members of the Bar with the introduction of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts and calls on the Legal Aid and Fees Committee to liaise with the Law Society , the Legal Aid Board and the Lord Chancellor 's Department with a view to agreeing a fair approach to fixing Counsel 's fees and making such practical arrangements as are necessary . ’ |
| 5 | ( a ) Public law proceedings Article 3 of the APO ensures that public law proceedings are commenced in the magistrates ' court unless it is appropriate to consolidate with existing proceedings elsewhere . |
| 6 | Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care . |
| 7 | Procedure is governed by FPCR , r26 in the magistrates ' court and FPR , r4.26 in the High Court and the county court . |
| 8 | The relevant provisions of the 1968 Act have never applied in the magistrates ' court and , apart from those proceedings covered by the 1991 Order , hearsay evidence is only admissible on very limited grounds . |
| 9 | In this chapter we will chiefly be concerned with three of the most crucial sets of decisions for which the courts are responsible : remand decisions ( whether accused persons are freed on bail or remanded in custody ) ; jurisdiction decisions ( whether they are tried in the magistrates ' court or committed for trial in the Crown Court ) ; and sentencing decisions . |
| 10 | Criminal prosecutions are commenced either in the Magistrates ' Court if the matter is to be tried summarily or , following a committal before a Magistrates ' Court , in the Crown Court if the matter is to be tried upon an indictment . |
| 11 | Public law proceedings must be commenced in a magistrates ' court unless there are already public law proceedings pending in a county court or the High Court or the application is made by a local authority following a s37 direction to investigate made in family proceedings in either court ( see Chapter 3 , 1(b) ) . |
| 12 | The committal — this is a preliminary hearing in a magistrates ' court and little information usually emerges at this stage . |