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Keogh, Andrew - Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook

Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook

By: Keogh, Andrew (Author). Oxford University Press. Published: 19/01/2010. Audience Guide: Professional & Vocational.
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Now in its second edition, Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides an indispensable, complete and practical guide for the busy court advocate, offering extensive coverage of offences, sentencing, procedure and evidential issues. Covering all the key aspects of magistrates' court practice, strong emphasis is placed on the areas most likely to arise at short notice requiring an instant response from the advocate, and on those offences most frequently experienced at court by a legal aid lawyer, such as public order, drugs, weapons, driving, criminal damage and sexual offences. Part A on Procedure, has been expanded include: * Completely rewritten and expanded section on Abuse of Process * Admissibility and Exclusion of Evidence * Amending Charge * Bad Character * Case Management * Commencing Proceedings * Constitution and Jurisdiction * Expanded Costs Section * Disclosure * Hearsay * Identification Evidence * Mental Disorder * Proof * Silence and confessions * Submission of no case * Witnesses Blackstone's Magistrate's Court Handbook is presented in an easy-to-use format, facilitating quick reading and instant decision-making. The text is broken down with frequent headings and bullet points, and there are a number of table and flow-charts, particularly on complex sentencing topics, as well as a clear system of icons to aid comprehension and speedy navigation. Written by Andrew Keogh, a practising criminal lawyer and leading authority in the field with extensive experience of magistrates' courts. Andrew is the founder and editor of CrimeLine, and also the author of the CLSA Duty Solicitor's Handbook, several Law Society Guides to new criminal legislation, and a contributing author to Blackstone's Criminal Practice and Criminal Costs: A Practical Guide.

Item Details

ISBN10/13: 0199576688/9780199576685
TITLE: Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook
CONTRIBUTORS: Keogh, Andrew (Author)
IMPRINT: Oxford University Press
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLICATION DATE: 19/01/2010
SUBJECT: Law, English Legal System
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 100mm x 180mm
PAGES: 550
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Professional & Vocational
CONTENTS:

CALENDAR; CUSTODY TIME LIMIT CALCULATOR; MINI INDEX OF OFFENCES (A-Z); ICONS LIST; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF LEGISLATION; PART A: PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE; A1 Abuse of Process; A2 Adjournments; A3 Admissibility and exclusion of evidence; A4 Advance Information; A5 Amending charge; A6 Appeals and Reopening; A7 Bad character; A8 Bail; A9 Binding Rulings; A10 Case Management; A11 Commencing Proceedings; A12 Constitution and Jurisdiction; A13 Clerks Retiring with Justices; A14 Committal, Sending, and Transfer for Trial; A15 Costs (Defendants); A16 Custody Time Limits; A17 Disclosure; A18 Evidence in Civil Cases; A19 Handcuffs Applications; A20 Hearsay; A21 Identification Evidence; A22 Jurisdiction; A23 Legal Aid; A24 Mental Disorder; A25 Misbehaviour at Court; A26 Mode of Trial and Plea Before Venue; A27 Proof; A28 Remand Periods; A29 Reporting Restrictions; A30 Silence and Confessions; A31 Special Measures and Vulnerable Witnesses; A32 Submission of No Case; A33 Witnesses; PART B: YOUTH COURT; B1 Powers and Procedure; B2 Mode of Trial; B3 Bail; B4 The Trial Process; B5 Youth Sentencing; PART C: OFFENCES; C1 Animal Cruelty; C2 Anti-Social Behaviour Order, Breach of; C3 Bail, Failure to Surrender; C4 Communication Network Offences; C5 Criminal Damage; C6 Drugs; C7 Evasion of Duty; C8 Education Act, School Non-Attendance; C9 Fail to Comply with Notification Requirements, Sex Offenders Register; C10 Protective Order, Breach of; C11 Public Order; C12 Road Traffic Offences, Definitions; C13 Road Traffic Offences, Suitable for Fine/Discharge; C14 Sexual Offences; C15 Theft, Fraud, and Evasion; C16 TV Licence Payment Evasion; PART D: SENTENCING; D1 Summary Overview of Sentencing Principles; D2 Action Plan Order; D3 Age of Offender; D4 Alteration of Sentence; D5 Anti-Social Behaviour Orders; D6 Attendance Centre Order; D7 Banning Orders; D8 Bind Over; D9 Breach of Community Order; D10 Breach of Supervision Orders; D11 Committal for Sentence; D12 Committal for Sentence: Dangerous Young Offender; D13 Community Orders and Sentences: General; D14 Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Orders; D15 Community Punishment Order; D16 Community Rehabilitation Order; D17 Compensation Order; D18 Conditional and Absolute Discharge; D19 Confiscation, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; D20 Curfew Order; D21 Custodial Sentences; D22 Dangerous Offenders; D23 Deferment of Sentence; D24 Deprivation Order; D25 Detention and Training Order; D26 Detention in Young Offender Institution; D27 Detention under Section 91 PCC(S)A 2000; D28 Discounts for Early Plea; D29 Disqualification from Driving; D30 Disqualification of Company Directors; D31 Drink Banning Order; D32 Drug Abstinence Order; D33 Drug Treatment and Testing Order; D34 Exclusion from Licensed Premises; D35 Exclusion Order; D36 Financial Circumstances Order; D37 Financial Reporting Order; D38 Fines; D39 Forfeiture Order; D40 Guardianship and Hospital Orders; D41 Newton Hearings; D42 Offences Taken into Consideration; D43 Parenting Order; D44 Parents and Guardians, Liability and Responsibility; D45 Penalty Points for Driving Offences; D46 Prescribed Minimum Sentences; D47 Pre-Sentence Drug Testing; D48 Pre-Sentence Reports; D49 Previous Convictions; D50 Prosecution Costs; D51 Racially and Religiously Aggravated Crimes; D52 Referral Orders; D53 Remand to Hospital for Reports; D54 Remitting a Juvenile; D55 Reparation Order; D56 Restitution Order; D57 Restraining Order; D58 Return to Custody; D59 Sentencing Guidelines Issued by Sentencing Guidelines Council; D60 Sexual Offences Notification Requirements; D61 Sexual Offences Prevention Order; D62 Supervision Order; D63 Surcharge Order; D64 Suspended Sentences; D65 Time on Remand; D66 Youth Community Orders; D67 Sentencing Flowcharts; INDEX