Example sentences of "magistrates ' [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast requiring a case to be stated , just like the appeal by way of case stated from a decision of a magistrates ' court or the Crown Court described in chapter 7 , obliges the tribunal to set out its decision and the reasons for it together with a formulation of the questions to be considered by the High Court . |
| 2 | Caterers may come into contact with the Crown Court either on appeal from a conviction before the Magistrates ' Court or when they are tried for serious criminal offences . |
| 3 | In this chapter we will chiefly be concerned with three of the most crucial sets of decisions for which the courts are responsible : remand decisions ( whether accused persons are freed on bail or remanded in custody ) ; jurisdiction decisions ( whether they are tried in the magistrates ' court or committed for trial in the Crown Court ) ; and sentencing decisions . |
| 4 | There is also provision for ABWOR to be provided at the request of a magistrates ' court or a county court by a solicitor within the precincts of the court for purposes other than the provision of ABWOR , where the court considers that the case should proceed the same day and that the client would not otherwise receive representation . |
| 5 | This may mean having to call some or all of the witnesses from the magistrates ' court or Crown Court and he may not just be given leave to put in the notes of evidence . |
| 6 | ( 11 ) To transfer proceedings to another magistrates ' court or to a county court . |
| 7 | 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) ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care . |
| 10 | The committal — this is a preliminary hearing in a magistrates ' court and little information usually emerges at this stage . |
| 11 | In London every magistrates ' court and police station had a collecting box and proceeds were dealt out to the needy , often those appearing on charges . |
| 12 | This group comprises the County Court , the Magistrates ' Court and tribunals . |
| 13 | At first , the Lord Chief Justice 's pronouncements appeared to have had the desired effect , as the average length of prison sentences imposed on males aged 17 and above for indictable offences fell in both the magistrates ' court and the Crown Court in the months following the cases of R. v. |
| 14 | Selection criteria were specified , including the requirements that the solicitor 's office be reasonably accessible to the appropriate magistrates ' court and that the solicitor have sufficient criminal advocacy experience during the previous 18 months . |
| 15 | Procedure is governed by FPCR , r26 in the magistrates ' court and FPR , r4.26 in the High Court and the county court . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The relevant provisions of the 1968 Act have never applied in the magistrates ' court and , apart from those proceedings covered by the 1991 Order , hearsay evidence is only admissible on very limited grounds . |
| 18 | There 's the Magistrates ' Court and then above it there 's the Crown Court . |
| 19 | All those involved in the Bristol scheme ( local law society , magistrates , magistrates ' clerks and police ) expressed themselves to be satisfied with the result and this scheme provided the model for others which followed . |
| 20 | Tribunals tend to be geographically accessible , because they sit locally , like both magistrates ' courts and the county courts . |
| 21 | The speed of decision making of some tribunals is broadly comparable with that of magistrates ' courts and the county courts . |
| 22 | There have been few detailed research studies that have examined arrest rates of those living in the same areas or sentencing in both the magistrates ' courts and the Crown Court in one study . |
| 23 | About half of the Blacks and Whites were tried in the magistrates ' courts and one-fifth of the Asians ( see Table 3 ) . |
| 24 | An analysis of sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and in the Crown Court ( where the data were available ) showed that differences between the races in sentencing were not significant . |
| 25 | Apart from this , it was found that sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and sentencing in the Crown Court did not differ significantly . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A wave of explosions in the Transvaal early in the month caused damage to post offices , multiracial schools , magistrates ' courts and a police training school . |
| 29 | This meeting notes with concern the potential for exploitation of junior members of the Bar with the introduction of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts and calls on the Legal Aid and Fees Committee to liaise with the Law Society , the Legal Aid Board and the Lord Chancellor 's Department with a view to agreeing a fair approach to fixing Counsel 's fees and making such practical arrangements as are necessary . ’ |
| 30 | Examination of sentencing in either the magistrates ' courts or the Crown Court on their own may also be misleading . |