Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [art] magistrates ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we are required to respond to Green Papers , White Papers or Royal Commissions , whether we are negotiating over the Courts and Legal Services Bill or standard fees in the magistrates ' courts , the quality of our response must at the very least match that of other interested parties and groupings . |
| 2 | The Bar notes with concern the reduction in number of those eligible for legal aid and finds the proposals for the introduction of a system of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts to be contrary to the interests of the public and to justice and to be offensive and unfair to the profession . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | The first of these , standard fees in the magistrates ' courts , is to be introduced in January 1993 . |
| 5 | However , the advice and assistance scheme can be extended to provide some form of representation through the advice by way of representation scheme ( ABWOR ) which extends to certain domestic proceedings in a magistrates ' court , urgent court applications , and other proceedings , that is hearings before Mental Health Review Tribunals and prison boards of visitors . |
| 6 | However , it has been calculated ( Justices ' Clerks ' Society , 1992 ) that 57 per cent of such cases received sentences that were within the sentencing powers of the magistrates ' courts , and this suggests that a majority of these offences could have been tried summarily . |
| 7 | For males aged 21 and over who were sentenced to immediate imprisonment at the Crown Court , the average length was 20.5 months in 1999 , compared with 2.7 months in the magistrates ' court ( Home Office , 1990f ) . |
| 8 | The room was a waist-high maze of rich wood panelling , staggered over several levels with the magistrates ' bench at the highest . |
| 9 | Removal of the need for lawyers to attend court for unopposed adjournments in the Magistrates ' Court ; we believe this would give rise to a saving of about £8.6 million , with a saving on committal hearings of £2 million and a resultant saving in legal aid standard fees of £1 million . |