Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the magistrates [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid . |
| 2 | The regional public relations officer for the Hampshire incorporated Law Society Richard Newson , has fears about the future of the magistrates ' courts . |
| 3 | In 1971 ‘ Justice ’ , a group of liberal lawyers , published a booklet entitled The Unrepresented Defendant in the Magistrates ' Courts . |
| 4 | Criminal legal aid in the magistrates ' courts cost £14 million in 1976 , rising to £16¾ million the following year , an increase of 17 per cent . |
| 5 | This provoked fierce opposition on the part of the Magistrates ' Association , however , which viewed it as an unwarranted attack on the independence of magistrates , and just five years later the measure was repealed as a result . |
| 6 | The primary function of the Magistrates ' Court is to try criminal cases . |
| 7 | As recommended by Beeching , the Lord Chancellor assumed overall responsibility for the construction and administration of all courts above the level of the Magistrates ' courts . |
| 8 | Certain of the magistrates were nominated to a special inner group , some of whom had to be present if a session of the magistrates ' court was to be lawful . |
| 9 | They are : the administration of the Crown Court and Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) ; the financing , organization and management of the Magistrates ' courts ; legal aid , legal services , and costs from central funds ( policy and provision ) ; and the appointment , or advice on the appointment , of almost all judges , judicial officers and magistrates in England and Wales , and in Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | In April 1992 , the month in which responsibility for the financing , organization and management of the Magistrates ' courts passed to the Lord Chancellor 's Department , machinery of government changes made in the aftermath of the General Election transferred five existing Home Office functions to other departments . |
| 11 | Note that the Official Solicitor will not act in any capacity in the magistrates ' court . |
| 12 | It also suggests the possibility that demonstrators fall foul of the law in the magistrates ' court in ways which may never afterwards be given thoughtful re-examination at a more senior judicial level . |
| 13 | The Hugh Bell School in Middlesbrough opened on 7th January 1895 with 7 scholars as a deaf class in a cold , cramped room near the magistrates ' courts — who were wont to complain frequently about the noise from the alleyway between the classroom and the courts where the children played . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Caterers may come into contact with the Magistrates ' Court in this way if they commit one of a number of offences relating to their profession , for example licensing offences , or offences under the Food Safety Act 1990 , or possibly offences under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 . |
| 16 | When a case is transferred to the county court from the magistrates ' court , the county court must immediately consider whether further transfer to the High Court would be appropriate ( FPR , r4.6(4) ) . |
| 17 | The plaintiff must then put in the notes of evidence from the magistrates ' court ( or the Crown Court ) with a r21 notice and apply for directions under r28 in order to force the defendant to call all the witnesses from the magistrates ' court to give evidence in the civil trial . |
| 18 | If witnesses have already given evidence at the magistrates ' court the Crown Prosecution Service might be persuaded to discuss the impression that they made . |
| 19 | As this case illustrates , it is a common mistake for the Crown Court to overlook the limitations on the permissible aggregate sentence in the magistrates ' court , set out in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 . |
| 20 | The efficiency of the Magistrates ' courts , the tensions between the Probation Service and the Crown Court over social inquiry reports , and the need to widen opportunities for members of ethnic minorities , were examples of the kind of item which exercised officials in recent times . |
| 21 | Finally , Lowestoft members are reminded to be particularly polite to Marlene McGee , as she has been appointed to the Lowestoft bench of the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 22 | I was articled in Worthing in 1966 with the Borough Council where I undertook a wide variety of conveyancing and litigation , and as a local authority employee , I was authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Court which gave me early experience in advocacy . |
| 23 | As a local authority employee you can be authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Courts , giving you early experience in advocacy . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Provision is made by s.107(4) of the 1936 Act for any person aggrieved by the refusal of the local authority to grant a consent to the establishment of an offensive trade , by a time limit attached to the consent , or by the refusal to extend such a time limit , but not if the consent is conditional , to appeal by way of complaint to the Magistrates ' court . |
| 26 | I recently found myself speaking to Geoffrey Norman , the Secretary of the Magistrates ' Association , about court procedures . |
| 27 | The wife had obtained a separation order containing a non-cohabitation clause from the magistrates ' court . |
| 28 | Apart from this , it was found that sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and sentencing in the Crown Court did not differ significantly . |
| 29 | Lord Justice Watkins said the Divisional Court could review an order of the magistrates ' court made for the purpose of preventing an abuse of its process and had done so on a number of occasions . |
| 30 | 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) ) . |