PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE  IN THE ADULT  MAGISTRATES’ COURT –  2022 – THURSDAY  14th JULY  2022 – 16:00 – 17:00 – Cost – £50 + VAT

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Content

 

 

The following 20 items will be explored during this presentation:

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1 – New written procedures - mode of trial – Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022  

            

2 – New powers to proceed in absence - Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 

           

3 – Sending defendants in their absence from the Magistrates’ Court - Umerji

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4 – Section 142 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 – re-openings

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5 – Minimum sentences and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022  

   

6 – Powers of the Crown Court to remit cases to the Magistrates’ Court under Section 11 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

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7 – Sending cases to the Crown Court for trial under Section 10 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

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8 – The practice and procedure when dealing with multiple offences of low-value shoplifting where the value in aggregate exceeds £200 - Candlish

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9 – Low-value shoplifting and low-value criminal damage and low-value damage (aggravated vehicle taking) – Sections 22 and 22A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

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10 – Committals for sentence – Sections 14 – 24 of the Sentencing Act 2020

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11 – Sending’s generally under Section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

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12 – The legal circumstances in which you may enter the pleas on your client’s behalf and the legal circumstances in which you may not enter the pleas on your client’s behalf

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13 – Remittals for sentence – Sections 24 – 29 of the Sentencing Act 2020

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14 – Amendments to the law in relation to criminal damage (memorials) under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

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15 – Your duties as regards case management following the entering of a ‘not guilty’ plea – the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 (as amended)

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16 – Advising Children (10 – 13) and Young People (14 – 17) when jointly charged with Adults (18+) and appearing in the Adult Magistrates’ Court

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17 – The important 2021 Court of Appeal decision of PLAKU/PLAKU/BOURDON and SMITH – Securing your client the full one third by way of credit

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18 – Has the charge been brought within the relevant time periods under Section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 – All change with common assault or battery in domestic abuse cases under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022?

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19 – Magistrates increased sentencing powers under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 – no change to Section 133 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 and no change in terms of the suspension of the sentence

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20 – Attending upon those clients charged with aggravated vehicle taking and those clients charged with allowing to be carried in a motor vehicle taken without consent (aggravated)+ simple TWOC – time periods – disqualifications etc.

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