Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' court " in BNC.
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| 31 | They were convicted in the magistrates ' court , but appealed successfully to the Divisional Court on the ground that the question whether their obstruction had been reasonable had not been adequately considered . |
| 32 | It also suggests the possibility that demonstrators fall foul of the law in the magistrates ' court in ways which may never afterwards be given thoughtful re-examination at a more senior judicial level . |
| 33 | WINIFRED Rooney , who has run the tea bar at Alton magistrates ' court for 14 years , is retiring and the local branch of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service are looking for a replacement . |
| 34 | Every single criminal case in the country , trivial or serious , starts in the magistrates ' court . |
| 35 | Much of the above work is reasonably well known because the Magistrates ' Court is an open court . |
| 36 | Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care . |
| 37 | Similarly prosecutions relating to water pollution and contravention of planning notices are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 38 | There are many different bodies in the country who seek to recover levies from individuals or companies and these matters are invariably dealt with by the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 39 | In real practice , law is very different for the majority of people , then and now , who appear before the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 40 | Section 2(1) of the Public Health ( Recurring Nuisances ) Act 1969 imposes a similar but lesser power : where a prohibition notice has not been complied with and the odour nuisance recurs , a local authority may institute summary proceedings , whereupon the Magistrates ' Court hearing the complaint shall have like power to make a nuisance order in the same way as if the local authority had acted under s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 41 | If the Magistrates ' Court is satisfied that the odour complained of does indeed amount to a statutory nuisance , a nuisance order must be granted for one or both the following purposes : |
| 42 | Provision is made by s.107(4) of the 1936 Act for any person aggrieved by the refusal of the local authority to grant a consent to the establishment of an offensive trade , by a time limit attached to the consent , or by the refusal to extend such a time limit , but not if the consent is conditional , to appeal by way of complaint to the Magistrates ' court . |
| 43 | A case was heard in Croydon Magistrates ' Court on 6 December 1917 , described in the press as ‘ Boy 's dangerous prank ’ . |
| 44 | The maximum fine in a Magistrates ' Court for breaches of ss 2 to 6 of the Act and of other sections relating to breaches of improvement notices , and prohibition notices or court remedy orders , has risen to £20,000 and all other breaches of the Act or subordinate Regulations and other relevant legislation now incur a maximum fine of £5,000 ( previously £2,000 ) . |
| 45 | Proof of disqualification may be certificate of conviction or extract from the magistrates ' court register together with proof of identification of the defendant , e.g. by the police officer who was present in court when the defendant was disqualified . |
| 46 | The two men , who had escaped from a coach taking them to the magistrates ' court in Reading , were taken to hospital to have their broken arms set in plaster . |
| 47 | A council carpenter was called and the men entered the house , said Anthony Owens , prosecuting yesterday at Ipswich Magistrates ' Court . |
| 48 | The two men , who were being questioned at the high-security Paddington Green police station in central London under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , will appear at Arbour Square Magistrates ' Court this morning . |
| 49 | Other winners guaranteed to have you reeling in admiration are Bandley Hill play centre at Stevenage , Herts , and Milton Keynes magistrates ' court . |
| 50 | In a civil action for damages at Melbourne magistrates ' court , Dale denied punching De Pace . |
| 51 | A LAWYER 's wallet was stolen from a room at Brighton magistrates ' court while he defended a man accused of — stealing wallets . |
| 52 | The idea of a duty solicitor scheme to operate in a busy metropolitan magistrates ' court may seem to many to be a natural consequence of all the other paraphernalia of a socially conscious profession . |
| 53 | The committal — this is a preliminary hearing in a magistrates ' court and little information usually emerges at this stage . |
| 54 | Six months later , the same newspaper produced a similar story from the same magistrates ' court : ‘ COME TO BED ’ PLEA BY GIRL , 15 ( ‘ A saucy schoolgirl sent a sexy message to prisoner [ NAME STATED ] . |
| 55 | Two men are to appear at Highbury Corner magistrates ' court in north London and the third at Thames magistrates ' court in east London , charged with conspiracy to contravene the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act , Scotland Yard said . |
| 56 | Two men are to appear at Highbury Corner magistrates ' court in north London and the third at Thames magistrates ' court in east London , charged with conspiracy to contravene the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act , Scotland Yard said . |
| 57 | Chelmsford Magistrates ' Court was told how the men had fitted special switches which de-activated the vehicles ' tacographs — the machine which records how long the driver spends actually driving and how long at rest . |
| 58 | Chelmsford Magistrates ' Court was told how the men had fitted special switches which de-activated the vehicles ' tachographs — the machine which records how long the driver spends actually driving and how long at rest . |
| 59 | Leonard Piper , 57 , made his pledge at Witham Magistrates ' Court where he admitted to driving while over the limit . |
| 60 | 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 . |