MAGISTRATES’ COURTS

March 28, 2019

A Practice Direction was issued amending Practice Direction (CA (Crim Div): Criminal Proceedings: General Matters) [2015] EWCA Crim 1567. New sections were inserted or amendments were made to paragraphs concerning the overriding objective, trials in absence, expert evidence, identification for the court of issues in the case, trial adjournment in magistrates’ courts, trial adjournment in the Crown Court, impact statements for businesses, investigation orders and warrants in the Crown Court, referral of cases in the Crown Court from the resident judges to the presiding judges, allocation of business within the Crown Court and listing of hearings other than trials.

ABSENCE ADJOURNMENT BUSINESSES CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CROWN COURT EXPERT EVIDENCE INVESTIGATION ORDERS MAGISTRATES’ COURTS OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE REFERENCES SEXUAL OFFENCES TRIALS VICTIM IMPACT WARRANTS YOUTH COURTS

July 8, 2013

A district judge had not erred when refusing to make an anonymity order in respect of a defendant charged with making indecent images of children as, despite the defendant having been targeted and attacked in relation to a previous allegation of indecent assault of a child, he had not demonstrated that there was a real risk of his being attacked in relation to the instant offences.

ANONYMITY CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH MAKING INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.2 HEARINGS IN OPEN COURT HUMAN RIGHTS INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN JUDICIAL REVIEW OF REFUSAL TO MAKE ANONYMITY ORDER MAGISTRATES’ COURTS NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN JUSTICE REPORTING RESTRICTIONS RIGHT TO LIFE RISK WHETHER REAL RISK OF ATTACK

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