Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] magistrates ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | Nor is it too surprising that the Court of Appeal guidance on sentencing levels appears to disregard the actual practice of magistrates ' courts in particular . |
2 | Following the High Court 's decision today in favour of the Government on the Law Society 's challenge to the introduction of standard fees for magistrates ' courts ' costs the Chairman of the Law Society 's Courts and Legal Services Committee , John Appleby said : |
3 | Of immediate concern to the profession was the Lord Chancellor 's introduction of standard fees for magistrates ' court work . |
4 | The Bar requests that the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice consider the whole issue of the funding of legal aid defence work and urges the Lord Chancellor not to introduce standard fees for magistrates ' courts work at least until a report of the Royal Commission has been received and considered . |
5 | From April 18 , 1980 , the green form scheme became available for domestic proceedings in magistrates ' courts , transferring the cost of representation from civil legal aid to legal advice . |
6 | Parliament has given journalists the right to be present , even though the rest of the public is excluded , in the case of juvenile courts and domestic proceedings in magistrates ' courts . |
7 | However , studies have shown ( Hood , 1962 , 1972 ; Parker et al. , 1999 ) that the chief formative influence on sentencing practice in magistrates ' courts is not the law or the advice received from other professionals in court , nor even the way similar cases have been decided by that particular court in the past . |
8 | The extension of the fixed penalty system that is now projected will reduce the number of small cases in magistrates ' courts . |
9 | It is not obvious why the Court was concerned with the possible application of Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 to the activation of the suspended sentence in this case ( although it concluded that it did not apply in any event ) . |
10 | Decision : the Court had to consider the legality of the sentences imposed , with particular references to Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 . |
11 | The maximum fine in magistrates ' courts will be increased from £400 to £1,000 . |