Example sentences of "[conj] the magistrates ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 2 | The most serious offences are ‘ triable on indictment only ’ , which means that the magistrates ' courts must commit them for trial to the Crown Court . |
| 3 | Section 2(1) of the Public Health ( Recurring Nuisances ) Act 1969 imposes a similar but lesser power : where a prohibition notice has not been complied with and the odour nuisance recurs , a local authority may institute summary proceedings , whereupon the Magistrates ' Court hearing the complaint shall have like power to make a nuisance order in the same way as if the local authority had acted under s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 4 | If the Magistrates ' Court is satisfied that the odour complained of does indeed amount to a statutory nuisance , a nuisance order must be granted for one or both the following purposes : |
| 5 | In the Criminal Law Bill planned for the session 1976/7 Home Office officials saw a vehicle capable of travelling beyond its original destination , the modernization of the outdated state of the law on conspiracy and trespass , by hitching on proposals dealing with the powers of the courts , the distribution of business between the Crown Court and the Magistrates ' courts , penalties , and a number of procedural changes . |
| 6 | The Government had responded by setting up an interdepartmental committee under the chairmanship of Lord Justice James to review the distribution of criminal business between the Crown Court and the Magistrates ' courts . |
| 7 | Most people train in private practice , but you can also train in local government , the Crown Prosecution Service and the Magistrates ' Courts Service . |
| 8 | The decisions of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) bind courts trying criminal cases , that is the Crown Court and the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 9 | This change was much resented , and the Magistrates ' Association , ‘ by now a powerful body , and far removed from the fledgling organization founded by Margery Fry almost half a century before , campaigned ceaselessly until the law was subsequently amended … ‘ . |
| 10 | Much of the above work is reasonably well known because the Magistrates ' Court is an open court . |
| 11 | Since the Magistrates ' Court is an inferior court , the party need not be represented by a barrister ; solicitors can provide representation if any is required . |
| 12 | An allegation of dishonesty , however small the amount , is never a minor matter for a defendant and choosing the appropriate venue for a criminal trial is not just a matter of considering whether the magistrates ' court has adequate sentencing powers . |