Example sentences of "[art] magistrates ' [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 Examination of sentencing in either the magistrates ' courts or the Crown Court on their own may also be misleading .
2 There have been few detailed research studies that have examined arrest rates of those living in the same areas or sentencing in both the magistrates ' courts and the Crown Court in one study .
3 About half of the Blacks and Whites were tried in the magistrates ' courts and one-fifth of the Asians ( see Table 3 ) .
4 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 .
5 Apart from this , it was found that sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and sentencing in the Crown Court did not differ significantly .
6 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 . ’
7 Caterers may come into contact with the Crown Court either on appeal from a conviction before the Magistrates ' Court or when they are tried for serious criminal offences .
8 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 .
9 This may mean having to call some or all of the witnesses from the magistrates ' court or Crown Court and he may not just be given leave to put in the notes of evidence .
10 If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with .
11 Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care .
12 This group comprises the County Court , the Magistrates ' Court and tribunals .
13 At first , the Lord Chief Justice 's pronouncements appeared to have had the desired effect , as the average length of prison sentences imposed on males aged 17 and above for indictable offences fell in both the magistrates ' court and the Crown Court in the months following the cases of R. v.
14 Procedure is governed by FPCR , r26 in the magistrates ' court and FPR , r4.26 in the High Court and the county court .
15 The request for reconsideration must be filed within two days of receiving the certificate of refusal from the magistrates ' court and copy documents must be served on the parties within this time limit .
16 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 .
17 There 's the Magistrates ' Court and then above it there 's the Crown Court .
18 The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall .
19 This Committee comprises three members of the Board , two lay and two solicitor members from regional duty solicitor committees , two nominees from the Law Society , and one each from the Justices ' Clerks Society , the Magistrates ' Association and the Association of Chief Police Officers .
20 This piece of furniture has become something of a shibboleth : both the Magistrates ' Association and the National Union of Journalists have said that it should be regarded as sacrosanct .
21 By contrast requiring a case to be stated , just like the appeal by way of case stated from a decision of a magistrates ' court or the Crown Court described in chapter 7 , obliges the tribunal to set out its decision and the reasons for it together with a formulation of the questions to be considered by the High Court .
22 There is also provision for ABWOR to be provided at the request of a magistrates ' court or a county court by a solicitor within the precincts of the court for purposes other than the provision of ABWOR , where the court considers that the case should proceed the same day and that the client would not otherwise receive representation .
23 It can direct that the application be re-heard by a magistrates ' court or it can make an order itself which will then be treated as an order of the magistrates ' court for the purposes of enforcement and variation ( s94(9) ) .
24 The committal — this is a preliminary hearing in a magistrates ' court and little information usually emerges at this stage .
25 In London every magistrates ' court and police station had a collecting box and proceeds were dealt out to the needy , often those appearing on charges .
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