This book provides an indispensable, complete, and practical guide for the busy court advocate. Published in a portable format, it offers extensive coverage of offences, sentencing, procedure, and evidential issues. This new editionof the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy magistrates' court advocate. Incorporating essential extracts from the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines, Andrew Keogh offers all you need in one trustworthy source.Covering all the key aspects of magistrates' court practice, the book focuseson the areas most likely to arise at short notice requiring an instant response from the advocate, as well as on those offences most frequently experiencedat court, such as public order, drugs, weapons, driving, criminal damage, andsexual offences.Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook 's easy-to-use pocket-sized format facilitates quick reading and instant decision-making. Tables, flow-charts, anda clear system of icons aid comprehension and speedy navigation. Cross-referencing to Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2012 provides you with easy access toin-depth commentary. INDICE: Part A: Procedure and Evidence Abuse of Process Adjournments Admissibility and Exclusion of Evidence Advance Information Amending Charge Appealsand Reopening Bad Character Bail Binding Rulings Case Management Clerks Retiring with Justices Commencing Proceedings Constitution and Jurisdiction Committal, Sending, and Transfer for Trial Costs (Defendants) Court Appointed Legal Representatives Custody Time Limits Disclosure Evidence in Civil Cases Handcuffs Applications Hearsay Human Rights Identification Evidence Legal Aid Mental Disorder Misbehaviour at Court Mode of Trial, Allocation, and Plea Before VenuePresence of Defendant in Court Remand Periods Reporting Restrictions Special Measures and Vulnerable Witnesses Submission of No Case Transfer of Criminal Cases Video Links Warrants Part B: Youth Court General Provisions Mode of Trialand Allocation Bail: Young Offenders Sentencing Part C: Offences Animal Offences Anti-Social Behaviour Order, Breach of Bail, Failure to Surrender Communication Network Offences Criminal Damage Drugs Education Act Fail to Comply withNotification Requirements, Sex Offenders Register Immigration Offences PrisonOffences Protective Order, Breach of Public Order Road Traffic Offences, Definitions Road Traffic Offences, Suitable for Fine/Discharge Sexual Offences Theft, Fraud, and Evasion Violence Against the Person Part D: Sentencing Age of Offender Alteration of Sentence Anti-Social Behaviour Orders Banning Orders Bind Over Breach of Community Order Breach of Supervision Order Committal for Sentence Committal for Sentence: Dangerous Young Offender Community Orders and Sentences: General Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Orders Community Punishment Order Community Rehabilitation Order Compensation Order Conditional andAbsolute Discharge Confiscation, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Custodial Sentences Dangerous Offenders Deferment of Sentence Deportation, Automatic Deprivation Order Detention and Training Order Detention in Young Offender Institution Detention under Section 91 PCC(S)A 2000 Discounts for Early Plea Disqualification from Driving Disqualification of Company Directors Drinking Banning Order Exclusion from Licensed Premises Exclusion Order Financial Circumstances Order Financial Reporting Order Fines Forfeiture Order Guardianship and Hospital Orders Newton Hearings Offences Taken into Consideration Parenting Order Parents and Guardians, Liability and Responsibility Penalty Points for Driving Offences Prescribed Minimum Sentences Pre-Sentence Drug Testing Pre-Sentence Reports Previous Convictions Prosecution Costs Racially and Religiously Aggravated Crimes Referral Orders Remand to Hospital for Reports Remitting a Juvenile Reparation Order Restitution Order Restraining Order Return to Custody Sentencing Guidelines Issued by Sentencing Guidelines Council Sexual Offences Notification Requirements Sexual Offences Prevention Order Sexual Orientation or DisabilitySupervision Order Surcharge Order Suspended Sentences Time on Remand Youth Rehabilitation Order: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 Appendices Appendix 1: Application for Costs against Convicted Defendants Appendix 2: Bar Council Guidance: Court Appointed Legal Representatives Appendix 3: Penalty Notices for Disorder Appendix 4: Criminal Procedure Rules 2010: Rule 1 (The Overriding Objective) and Rule 3 (Case Management) Appendix 5: Relevant Offences for the Purposes of Special Measures Direction Appendix 6: Fraud Guideline
- ISBN: 978-0-19-969282-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 656
- Fecha Publicación: 20/10/2011
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- Idioma: Inglés