In recent years the importance of the Criminal Procedure Rules, Directions and Guidelines has increased significantly for criminal practitioners.
Most recently, the Criminal Practice Directions have been revised and rearranged so that they correspond with the relevant sections of the Criminal Procedure Rules creating a single reference source for procedure in the criminal courts.
It is therefore essential for criminal lawyers to have easy and instant access to these key documents.
Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2015 Rules and Guidelines provides practitioners with a portable collection of key reference materials essential for court use. The volume contains the full text of the Criminal Procedure Rules, the Criminal Practice Directions and the Sentencing Guidelines.
Clearly presented and easily accessible, this is an indispensable resource for all criminal practitioners.
Criminal Procedure Rules 2014 and Criminal Practice Directions CPD: General Matters A CrimPR Part 1: The Overriding Objective CPD Part 1: The Overriding Objective CrimPR Part 2: Understanding and Applying the Rules CrimPR Part 3: Case Management CPD Part 3: Case Management CrimPR Part 4: Service of Documents CrimPR Part 5: Forms and Court Records CPD Part 5: Forms and Court Records CrimPR Part 6: Investigation Orders and Warrants CPD Part 6: Investigation Orders and Warrants CrimPR Part 7: Starting a Prosecution in a Magistrates Court CrimPR Part 8: Discontinuing a Prosecution CrimPR Part 9: Allocation and Sending for Trial CPD Part 9: Allocation and Sending for Trial CrimPR Part 10: Initial Details of the Prosecution Case CPD Part 10: Initial Details of the Prosecution Case CrimPR Part 11: [empty] CrimPR Part 12: Deferred Prosecution Agreements CrimPR Part 13: [empty] CrimPR Part 14: The Indictment CPD Part 14: The Indictment CrimPR Part 15: [empty] CrimPR Part 16: Reporting, etc. Restrictions CPD Part 16: Reporting, etc. Restrictions CrimPR Part 17: Extradition CPD Part 17: Extradition CrimPR Part 18: Warrants for Arrest, Detention or Imprisonment CrimPR Part 19: Bail and Custody Time Limits CPD Part 19: Bail and Custody Time Limits CrimPR Part 20: [empty] CrimPR Part 21: [empty] CrimPR Part 22: Disclosure CPD Part 22: Disclosure CrimPR Parts 23 to 26: [empty] CrimPR Part 27: Witness Statements CPD Part 27: Witness Statements CrimPR Part 28: Witness Summonses, Warrants and Orders CPD Part 28: Witness Summonses, Warrants and Orders CrimPR Part 29: Measures to Assist a Witness or Defendant to Give Evidence CPD Part 29: Measures to Assist a Witness or Defendant to Give Evidence CrimPR Part 30: [empty] CrimPR Part 31: Restriction on Cross-Examination by a Defendant Acting in Person CrimPR Part 32: International Co-operation CrimPR Part 33: Expert Evidence CPD Part 33: Expert Evidence CrimPR Part 34: Hearsay Evidence CrimPR Part 35: Evidence of Bad Character CPD Part 35: Evidence of Bad Character CrimPR Part 36: Evidence of a Complainant s Previous Sexual Behaviour CrimPR Part 37: Trial and Sentence in a Magistrates Court CPD Part 37: Trial and Sentence in a Magistrates Court CrimPR Part 38: Trial and Sentence in the Crown Court CrimPR Part 39: Jurors CPD Part 39: Jurors CrimPR Part 40: Tainted Acquittals CrimPR Part 41: Retrial Following Acquittal for Serious Offence CPD Sentencing: PD-64 CrimPR Part 42: Sentencing Procedures in Special Cases R-346 CrimPR Part 43: [empty] CrimPR Part 44: Breach, Revocation and Amendment of Community and Other Orders CrimPR Parts 45 to 49: [empty] CrimPR Part 50: Behaviour Orders CrimPR Part 51: [empty] CrimPR Part 52: Enforcement of Fines and Other Orders for Payment CrimPR Parts 53 to 54: [empty] CrimPR Part 55: Road Traffic Penalties CrimPR Part 56: Confiscation Proceedings under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 CrimPR Part 57: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Rules Applicable to all Proceedings CrimPR Part 58: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Rules Applicable only to Confiscation Proceedings CrimPR Part 59: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Rules Applicable only to Restraint Proceedings CrimPR Part 60: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Rules Applicable only to Receivership Proceedings CrimPR Part 61: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Rules Applicable to Restraint and Receivership Proceedings CrimPR Part 62: Contempt of Court CPD Part 62: Contempt of Court CrimPR Part 63: Appeal to the Crown Court CPD Part 63: Appeal to the Crown Court CrimPR Part 64: Appeal to the High Court by Case Stated CrimPR Part 65: Appeal to the Court of Appeal: General Rules CrimPR Part 66: Appeal to the Court of Appeal against Ruling at Preparatory Hearing CrimPR Part 67: Appeal to the Court of Appeal against Ruling Adverse to the Prosecution CrimPR Part 68: Appeal to the Court of Appeal about Conviction or Sentence CPD Part 68: Appeal to the Court of Appeal about Conviction or Sentence CrimPR Part 69: Appeal to the Court of Appeal Regarding Reporting or Public Access Restriction CrimPR Part 70: Reference to the Court of Appeal of Point of Law or Unduly Lenient Sentencing CrimPR Part 71: Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: General Rules CrimPR Part 72: Appeal to the Court of Appeal under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Prosecutor s Appeal Regarding Confiscation CrimPR Part 73: Appeal to the Court of Appeal under POCA 2002: Restraint or Receivership Orders CrimPR Part 74: Appeal or Reference to the Supreme Court CrimPR Part 75: Request to the European Court for a Preliminary Ruling CPD Part 75: Request to the European Court for a Preliminary Ruling CrimPR Part 76: Costs CPD General Application: PD-90 CPD Listing and Allocation: PD-96 Sentencing Guidelines Part 1: Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea Part 2: New Sentences: Criminal Justice Act 2003 Part 3: Overarching Principles: Seriousness Part 4: Manslaughter by Reason of Provocation Part 5: Robbery Part 6: Breach of a Protective Order Part 7: Overarching Principles: Domestic Violence Part 8: Sexual Offences Part 9: Fail to Surrender to Bail Part 10: Assault Definitive Guideline (Crown Court) Part 11: Overarching Principles: Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child Part 12: Magistrates Court Sentencing Guidelines Part 13: Causing Death by Driving Part 14: Theft Part 15: Breach of an Anti-social Behaviour Order Part 16: Attempted Murder Part 17: Fraud, Bribery and Money Laundering Offences Part 18: Overarching Principles Sentencing Youths Part 19: Corporate Manslaughter and Health and Safety Offences Causing Death Part 20: Burglary Offences Part 21: Drugs Offences Part 22: Offences Taken into Consideration Part 23: Totality Part 24: Allocation Part 25: Dangerous Dog Offences Part 26: Environmental Offences Index:
Blackstone's Criminal Practice is written by a distinguished team of contributors, representing the accumulated experience of the academic world, the Bench, the Bar, and the solicitors' profession. The team is headed by Professor David Ormerod QC (Hon).