Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' court " in BNC.
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| 1 | To abolish committal proceedings — this is a practical proposal which will cut the cost of magistrates ' court hearings by eliminating the need for solicitors and defendants to attend court when it is not absolutely necessary . |
| 2 | For criminal law practitioners , good practice standards were published in January in the Magistrates ' Court Guide , a praised new publication which gives practical advice on every aspect of the preparation of magistrates ' court cases . |
| 3 | The speed of decision making of some tribunals is broadly comparable with that of magistrates ' courts and the county courts . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Evidence of disparity on the part of magistrates ' courts was provided by a Home Office study ( Tarling and Weatheritt , 1979 ; but see also Hood , 1962 , 1972 ; Tarling et al. , 1995 ) of 30 large courts selected at random . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | The constitution of magistrates ' courts is governed by section 121 of the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 . |
| 8 | Appeals from decisions of magistrates ' courts on less serious cases go either , if only a question of law is disputed , to the Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division or , where the appeal is on questions of fact and/or law , to the Crown Court . |
| 9 | In the case of magistrates ' courts the amount is subject to a maximum of £2,000 on any one order . |
| 10 | The second common mistake ( not made in this case ) is to impose a sentence for an either way offence for which the offender has been committed under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.S6 a sentence in excess of six months ' imprisonment , which is possible if the offender is committed for the same offence under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 . |
| 11 | The position is the same if the offender is committed for some offences under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 and for some under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 ; the restrictions in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 have no application to the offences subject to committal under section 38 , as the Crown Court can sentence for those offences as if the offender has just been convicted of them on indictment , but do apply to the offences committed under section 56 . |
| 12 | But inquest necessitated a professionalism long absent from castellans ' courts . |
| 13 | This process is not only one that occurs in everyday life , but has also to be carried out by scientists in the laboratory , or by coroners in coroners ' courts ( Atkinson 1978 ) . |
| 14 | This provoked some heated confrontations in coroners ' courts when cycling cases were brought before them . |
| 15 | The maximum fine in magistrates ' courts will be increased from £400 to £1,000 . |
| 16 | The recent reform of the grounds for divorce has been mirrored as regards proceedings in magistrates ' courts by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates ' Courts Act 1978 , a statute enacted as the result of recommendations made by the Law Commission . |
| 17 | Broadly speaking , the only people likely to become convicts are the very poor : either sentenced summarily in magistrates ' courts for minor offences , or , after long delays , convicted of serious crimes . |
| 18 | Although delays are far from negligible even in magistrates ' courts , the problem is particularly acute in relation to Crown Courts where the average waiting time for those denied bail is around ten weeks from committal to trial . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Figures produced by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders ( NACRO , 1990b ) indicate that in terms of annual receptions , magistrates ' courts were responsible for 45 per cent of those sentenced to immediate custody in 1988 , compared with 55 per cent for the Crown Court — in spite of the fact that very many more indictable offenders are tried and convicted in magistrates ' courts than in the Crown Court ( 90 per cent and 20 per cent respectively ) . |
| 21 | However , the proportionate use of custody is very much lower in magistrates ' courts ( at 5.1 per cent for adults in 1999 ) than it is in Crown Courts ( where the corresponding figure was 47.6 per cent : Home Office , 1990f ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The position is the same if the offender is committed for some offences under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 and for some under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 ; the restrictions in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 have no application to the offences subject to committal under section 38 , as the Crown Court can sentence for those offences as if the offender has just been convicted of them on indictment , but do apply to the offences committed under section 56 . |
| 24 | It is right to observe that , until the decision of Hoffmann J. , the interpretation and application of the Torfaen case was causing great problems in numerous prosecutions for Sunday trading in magistrates ' courts and Crown Courts up and down the country . |
| 25 | The extension of the fixed penalty system that is now projected will reduce the number of small cases in magistrates ' courts . |
| 26 | However , civil servants may appear in magistrates ' courts as prosecutors without violating this restrictive practice . |
| 27 | The legal staff of Customs and Excise , for example , carry on prosecutions for smuggling in magistrates ' courts , and brief counsel for the higher courts . |
| 28 | This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There is little information on waiting times in magistrates ' courts . |