UK GOVERNMENT: Removal of requirements for magistrates to sit in the Crown...

M2 Presswire;  August 27, 1998 ;     407 words ......requirements for magistrates to sit in the Crown Court (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...magistrates to sit as judges in the Crown Court. Currently between two and four justices of the peace are required to sit in the Crown Court with a High Court judge, a Circuit judge...

Judge criticises thief over crown court case.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 3, 2007 ;     199 words ......insisting on having his case heard at crown court. John Brown, of Buxton Close in Jarrow...supermarket he insisted on the case going to crown court ( despite being caught on CCTV. Initially...yesterday as he was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court for the theft he was criticised by ...

Crown Court rules

A Dictionary of Law;      28 words ...Crown Court rules Rules regulating the practice and procedure of the Crown Court . The rules are made by the Crown Court Rule Committee under a power conferred by the Courts Act 1971.

First hi-tech Crown Court unveiled today.

M2 Presswire;  March 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ......March 2001-UK Government: First hi-tech Crown Court unveiled today (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...ancellor's Department, at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court. The GBP500k hi-tech courtroom will lead the way for modernisation of all 78 Crown Court centres throughout England and ...

Consultations launched on payment of Crown Court defence costs.

M2 Presswire;  November 6, 2008 ;     699 words ......Consultations launched on payment of Crown Court defence costs(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...the means testing of legal aid in the Crown Court, and the other is a Ministry of Justice...are entitled to free legal aid in the Crown Court, despite being able to afford to contribute...

GBP94m programme to equip crown court for the 21st century.

M2 Presswire;  January 12, 2001 ;     556 words ......Government: GBP94m programme to equip crown court for the 21st century (C)1994-2001 M2...GBP94m injection of funds to make the Crown Court process quicker, easier and cheaper...ambitious programme of measures to bring the Crown Court up to date with advances in technology...

Crown court appoints judge ; A New judge has been appointed at Grimsby...

Grimsby Telegraph;  November 16, 2007 ;     354 words ......judge has been appointed at Grimsby Crown Court - and he has praised its "special qualities...has, as a barrister, worked at Grimsby Crown Court for more than 20 years and was based...kindness". Judge Tremberg said Grimsby Crown Court had "special qualities" which some other...

Law report: Crown Court had jurisdiction to make confiscation order on...

The Independent - London;  June 26, 2002 ;     516 words ...THE CROWN Court had the power to make an order for...the Crown against a decision that the Crown Court had had no jurisdiction to make a compensation...magistrates' court or on indictment in the Crown Court. He elected to plead guilty to all...

Cambridge Crown Court upgraded to hear more serious cases.

M2 Presswire;  May 9, 2005 ;     433 words ......9 May 2005-UK Government: Cambridge Crown Court upgraded to hear more serious cases...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09052005 Cambridge Crown court has been upgraded in order to host trials...upgrade makes Cambridge a first tier Crown court centre, and the announcement comes seven...

Talks on future of Warwick Crown Court.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  December 19, 2002 ;     164 words ......tomorrow to discuss whether Warwick Crown Court will move from its present site to the...has been made whether to include the crown court, along with the police, probation service...London, when we hope the position of the crown court will become clear. We are waiting for...

LAW REPORT: New rules on Crown Court pre-trial hearings

The Independent - London;  September 18, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Practice Direction: Crown Court Plea and Direction Hearings; Lord Taylor...plea and directions hearings (PDHs) in the Crown Court now apply to all cases (other than serious fraud) in Crown Court centres which have notified magistrates...

First Crown Court website goes live today.

M2 Presswire;  October 11, 2001 ;     449 words ......PRESSWIRE-11 October 2001-UK Government: First Crown Court website goes live today (C)1994-2001...RDATE:11102001 Ipswich becomes the first Crown Court to join the Internet-age when its website...said: Today's go-live of the Ipswich Crown Court website takes us another step towards...

Crown Court

A Dictionary of Law;      88 words ...Crown Court A court created by the Courts Act 1971...the Supreme Court of Judicature . The Crown Court has an unlimited jurisdiction over all...Unlike the courts it replaced, the Crown Court is one court that can sit at any centre...

New directions on classification of Crown Court trials

The Independent - London;  June 2, 1995 ;     700+ words ......on Classification and Allocation of Crown Court Business. Lord Taylor of Gosforth, Lord...and allocation of the business of the Crown Court (see {1987} 3 All ER 1064, {1987} 1...Classification For the purposes of trial in the Crown Court, offences were to be classified as follows...

New practice directions on Crown Court trials

The Independent - London;  May 31, 1995 ;     700+ words ......on Classification and Allocation of Crown Court Business. Lord Taylor of Gosforth, Lord...and allocation of the business of the Crown Court (see {1987} 3 All ER 1064, {1987} 1...Classification For the purposes of trial in the Crown Court, offences were to be classified as follows...