Subjects:

Advocacy

Contents:

1 Travelling to Court

2 On Arrival

3 Courtroom Basics

4 Overview of Criminal Proceedings

5 Case Studies

6 Bail

7 Applying for Bail

8 Mode of Trial

9 Pleas

10 Committal

11 Pre-trial Hearings

12 Preliminaries to Trial

13 Summary Trial

14 Crown Court Trials

15 Sentence

16 Sentencing and Mitigating

17 Youth Courts

18 Road Traffic Offences

19. Appeals

20. Legal Aid and Costs

21. Table A: Classification of Common Offences

22. Table B: Availability of Sentences for Adults/ Youths

23. Table C: Sentences for Common Driving Offences

24. Glossary

25. Bibliography

26. Index

Announced as Criminal Advocacy
This book deals with the real practicalities of getting results in the Magistrates' Court. It looks at who's who at court, and who holds what information, where forms are kept and how to fill them in. This new edition contains practical guidance which until now has been hard to find in other publications for example: How to get bail How to argue for separate representation What should you be looking for in disclosure A digest of jargon and shorthand used by the police, CPS and court staff.

Advocacy in the Magistrates' Courtis an excellent tool for Barristers and Solicitors who need to become accomplished at practising in the Magistrates' Court.