Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

Appeal and review - an overview

statutory declarations

magistrates' power to reopen a case

Crown court rules and procedure

appeals against conviction and sentence

appeals in respect of bail

appeal against the refusal of legal aid

appealing against a decision to bind over

miscellaneous appeals

judicial review

appeal by way of case stated

appeals to the House of Lords

criminal cases review commission

tainted acquittals in the Royal prerogative.

This practical guide examines the ways in which practitioners can challenge decisions of magistrates' courts in criminal proceedings. Interlocutory decisions such as bail and legal aid are included.;Beginning with rememdies available before the magistrates' court itself, the book explores crown court appeals, judicial review and case stated. All appeals, up to and including the House of Lords, are covered. The criminal cases review commission is covered in full as it represents a new and welcome form of appeal.