Example sentences of "[prep] magistrates ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | Separation and maintenance orders can also be obtained from magistrates ' courts . |
| 32 | Held , allowing the application , that since section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 made provision for persons arrested for breaking bail conditions , or on the likelihood of their so doing , to be brought before a single justice , it was an enactment falling within the exception contemplated by section 121 of the Act of 1980 which , in any event , was limited to summary trials of informations and the hearing of complaints under the civil jurisdiction ; that Parliament had intended by section 7(4) to create a simple and expeditious procedure whereby a justice was required , before forming an opinion under section 7(5) , to conduct no more than an informal inquiry , hearing the arresting officer 's grounds for belief that the person had broken or might break his bail conditions and allowing that person to respond , but without the giving of evidence on oath or cross-examination ; and that , since the provisions of the Act of 1980 relating to the adjournment of proceedings before magistrates ' courts did not apply , there was no power in the justice to adjourn proceedings under section 7(5) ( post , pp. 24A , G — 25B , C–G , 26B , E–F , H — 27A , G–H ) . |
| 33 | Decision : the Court had to consider the legality of the sentences imposed , with particular references to Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 . |
| 34 | ’ Section 8 however must be read with section 92(2) which provides : ‘ Proceedings under this Act shall be treated as family proceedings in relation to magistrates ' courts . ’ |
| 35 | Finally , the gross overloading of the Crown Court , coupled with the great cost of criminal legal aid to the Exchequer , will probably bring about a further shift of criminal cases from the Crown Court to magistrates ' courts , which will involve a reduction in the number of cases in which barristers are engaged . |
| 36 | For magistrates ' courts , familiarise yourself with The Sentence of the Court , the booklet published by the Government for magistrates ; for the Crown Court read particularly D.A . |
| 37 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
| 38 | 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 : |
| 39 | Of immediate concern to the profession was the Lord Chancellor 's introduction of standard fees for magistrates ' court work . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | At magistrates ' level jurisdiction under the Children Act is exercised by the family proceedings court . |
| 42 | Well that concludes our look at Magistrates ' Courts . |
| 43 | And since the custodial sentences imposed by Crown Courts tend to be longer than those passed by magistrates ' courts , the sentencing practice of the Crown Court is clearly a much more potent factor in generating the prison numbers crisis . |
| 44 | Less serious criminal cases are tried summarily ( without a jury ) by magistrates ' courts where sit either two or more lay Justices of the Peace ( of whom there are some 28,000 ) or a legally qualified stipendiary magistrate ( of whom there are about sixty-five , most sitting in London ) . |
| 45 | More serious criminal cases are first enquired into by magistrates ' courts to see if there is sufficient evidence for the case to go further . |
| 46 | The BBC was fined only £3,600 and another company £4,000 , plus costs , because they were dealt with by Magistrates ' Courts , but claims for compensation for victims may cost millions . |
| 47 | As you probably know , about ninety eight per cent of all criminal cases are dealt with by magistrates ' court , which is a truly remarkable figure , and I think you have to think about it twice when it 's first said . |