Example sentences of "[prep] the magistrates ' [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 About half of the Blacks and Whites were tried in the magistrates ' courts and one-fifth of the Asians ( see Table 3 ) .
6 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 .
7 Apart from this , it was found that sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and sentencing in the Crown Court did not differ significantly .
8 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 . ’
9 ( a ) Public law proceedings Article 3 of the APO ensures that public law proceedings are commenced in the magistrates ' court unless it is appropriate to consolidate with existing proceedings elsewhere .
10 Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care .
11 Procedure is governed by FPCR , r26 in the magistrates ' court and FPR , r4.26 in the High Court and the county court .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Criminal prosecutions are commenced either in the Magistrates ' Court if the matter is to be tried summarily or , following a committal before a Magistrates ' Court , in the Crown Court if the matter is to be tried upon an indictment .
15 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 .
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