The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner, incorporating essential extracts from the 2020 Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines. It delivers all you need in one trustworthy source.
Covering all the key aspects of magistrates' court practice, the book focuses on the areas most likely to arise at short notice requiring an instant response from the advocate, as well as on those offences most frequently experienced at court, such as public order, dishonesty, drugs, weapons, driving, criminal damage, and sexual offences.
Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides the perfect balance of portability and detail, facilitating quick navigation and instant decision-making. Tables, flow-charts, and a clear system of icons aid comprehension and speedy navigation. Cross-referencing to Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2021 provides you with easy access to in-depth commentary, whilst an appendix once again updates the latest edition of Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts (published in 2018) to reflect major developments in the law and practice relating to youths in the criminal justice system.
By:
Anthony Edwards (Solicitor Solicitor Formerly TV Edwards LLP)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 131mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 722g
ISBN: 9780192842862
ISBN 10: 0192842862
Pages: 816
Publication Date: 06 July 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part A Procedure and Evidence A1: Abuse of Process A2: Adjournments A3: Admissibility and Exclusion of Evidence A4: Allocation and Plea Before Venue A5: Amending Charge A6: Appeals and Reopening A7: Bad Character A8: Bail A9: Binding Rulings A10: Case Management A11: Civil Orders A12: Commencing Proceedings: Time Limits A13: Costs A14: Court-Appointed Legal Representatives A15: Custody Time Limits A16: Disclosure A17: Hearsay A18: Identification Evidence A19: LegalaAid A20: Mental Disorder A21: Misbehaviour at Court A22: Presence of Defendant in Court A23: Pre-Charge Hearings A24: Remand Periods A25: Reporting Restrictions A26: Sending and Transfer for Trial A27: Special Measures and Vulnerable Witnesses A28: Submission of No Case A29: Transfer/Remittal of Criminal Cases A30: Video/Live Links A31: Witnesses, Issue of Summons, or Warrant Part B Youths in the Adult Court B1: Age of Offender and the Position of Those Attaininga18 B2: Bail B3: Breach of Orders, and New Offences Committed during an Order B4: Jurisdiction of the Adult Magistrates Court over Youths B5: Managing the Case B6: Remittal to the Youth Court for Trial/Sentence B7: Reporting Restrictions B8: Sentencing Part C Offences C1: Animal Offences C2: Breach Offences C3: Administration of Justice C4: Communication Network Offences C5: Computer Misuse C6: Criminal Damage C7: Drugs C8: Harassment offences C9: Immigration Offences C10: Prison Offences C11: Public Order C12: Road Traffic Offences Definitions C13: Road Traffic Offences C14: Sexual Offences C15: Dishonesty and Offences Against Property C16: Offences Against the Person C17: Weapons Offences Part D Sentencing D1 : Alteration of Sentence D2 : Banning Orders (Football) D3 : Bind Over D4 : Breach of Prison Licence Supervision; Return to Custody D5 : Committal for Sentence D6 : Community Orders D7 : Compensation Order D8 : Confiscation: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 D9 : Criminal Behaviour Orders D10: Custodial Sentences D11: Dangerous Offenders D12: Deferment of Sentence D13: Deprivation Order D14: Detention in Young Offender Institution D15: Discharges: Conditional and Absolute D16: Discounts for Early Plea D17: Disqualification from Driving D19: Financial Orders: Priority for Payment D20: Fines D21: Forfeiture Order D22: Mental Health Disposals D23: Newton Hearings D24: Offences Taken into Consideration (TICs) and the Totality Principle D25: Penalty Points for Driving Offences D26: Minimum Sentences D27: Pre-Sentence Reports D28: Prosecution Costs D29: Racially and Religiously Aggravated Crimes D30: Restraining Order D32: Sexual Offences Notification Requirements D33: Sexual Harm Prevention Order D34: Sexual Orientation, Disability, or Transgender Identity D35: Suspended Sentences D36: Time on Remand or Qualifying Curfew D37: Victim Surcharge Order Appendices Appendix 1 : Preparation for Effective Trial Appendix 2 : Extracts from the Criminal Procedure Rules Appendix 3 : Fraud Guideline Appendix 4 : Bladed Articles and Offensive Weapons Possession Appendix 5 : Domestic Abuse: Definitive Guideline Appendix 6 : Rehabilitation Periods Appendix 7 : Supplement to Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts (2018 edition)
Anthony Edwards is a retired Senior Partner of T.V. Edwards, duty solicitor, supervisor for the specialist fraud panel and higher courts advocate (Criminal Courts). He served at almost every level of committee in the criminal justice system, as well as the Council of Justice, and sat on the editorial boards of Criminal Law Review and Cordery on Solicitors, and as a member of the Law Commission's advisory group on criminal law. He has authored Advising a Suspect in the Police Station (Thomson Reuters: Sweet and Maxwell) and, with Roger Ede, Criminal Defence, A Guide to Good Practice (Law Society). He writes the Criminal Law Update for the Law Society's Gazette and his articles have appeared in Archbold News and Criminal Law Review. He is also a co-author of Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts (with Mark Ashford and Naomi Redhouse).
