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Article: New practice directions on Crown Court trials
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 31, 1995
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Practice Directions on Classification and Allocation of Crown
Court Business.
Lord Taylor of Gosforth, Lord Chief Justice.
26 May 1995.
The following directions are among the amendments made by the
Lord Chief Justice to directions previously given on the
classification and allocation of the business of the Crown Court
(see {1987} 3 All ER 1064, {1987} 1 WLR 1671).
Classification
For the purposes of trial in the Crown Court, offences were to
be classified as follows.
Class 1: (1) any offences for which a person might be sentenced
to death; (2) misprision of treason and treason felony; (3) murder;
(4) genocide; (5) an offence under section 1 of the Official
Secrets Act 1911; (6) incitement, ...