Example sentences of "[prep] magistrate [unc] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , civil servants may appear in magistrates ' courts as prosecutors without violating this restrictive practice . |
| 5 | 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 . |