Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS OF WITNESSES

MODE OF TRIAL AND ELECTION PROCEDURE IN "EITHER WAY" OFFENCE

MODE OF TRIAL AND ELECTION IN CRIMINAL DAMAGE CASES or other Schedule 2 offences

SUMMARY TRIAL: Order of evidence and speeches, Direction prohibiting identification of child or young person

BAIL IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: Granting of bail, Refusal of bail

SENTENCING POWERS OF THE MAGISTRATES' COURT: Order for conditional discharge, Probation Order, Community Service Order, Combination Order, Sentence of imprisonment/suspended sentence, Detention in a Young Offenders Institution, Deferment of sentence, Recognisance to keep the peace, Supervision Order

SENTENCING POWERS OF THE YOUTH COURT

POWERS OF THE FAMILY PROCEEDINGS COURT

MAGISTRATES' COURT ENFORCEMENT POWERS: Maximum periods of imprisonment in default, Imprisonment in default on or after conviction

CONTEMPT OF COURT: Dealing with the contemnor

COSTS

POLICE DECLARATION

JUSTICES' OATHS

APPENDIX - NATIONAL MODE OF TRIAL GUIDELINES 1995.

The main object of this work is as a ready reference, principally for court chairman and clerks when needing to make pronouncements in court. However, the scope of the book has been widened to provide a range of useful day-to-day information for the same users. In addition to the usual forms of oaths and suggested sentencing pronouncements, for example, there are included background notes on mode of trial decisions, bail, sentencing and enforcement powers.

All recent changes in the law, such as the right of the prosecution to challenge the granting of bail in certain cases and the disappearance of committal proceedings, have been taken into account. The 1995 version of the Lord Chief Justice's mode of trial guidelines are included as an appendix and there are sections dealing with the powers of the Family Proceedings Court, contempt of court and costs.