1
Q
Pre - trial
A
- Deal with applications for remand
- Issue warrants
- Issue summons
- Extend time police can hold a suspect
- Refer indictable offences to Crown court for trial
2
Q
During trial
A
- Hear summary and triable either way cases
- Listen to evidence
- Take legal advice from court clerk
- Reach a verdict (alone with aid of court clerk e.g. R v Eccles Justices ex parte Farrelly where Queen’s bench quashed D’s conviction as clerk participated in reaching a verdict)
- Hear cases in the youth court
3
Q
Post trial
A
- Sentence D if found guilty
OR - Transfer case to Crown court for judge to sentence D
- Can hear appeals against sentence or conviction in the Crown court with a qualified judge
Law - Unit 1
flashcards
Decks in class (25)
# Cards
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Statutory Interpretation - Literal Rule8
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Statutory interpretation - Golden rule10
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Statutory interpretation - The Mischief rule10
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Statutory interpretation - The Purposive approach8
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Statutory interpretation - Aids9
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Statutory interpretation - Rules of Language6
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Judicial Precedent - Hierarchy7
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Judicial Precedent - Law Reporting and Judgements6
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Judicial Precedent - Types of Judicial Precedent3
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Judicial Precedent - The Supreme Court and it's own precedents6
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Judicial Precedent - The Court of Appeal and its own decisions5
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Judicial Precedent - Ways of avoiding Precedent3
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Criminal Courts - Classification of Offences and cases of first instance in the Magistrates' court4
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Criminal Courts - Appeals from the Magistrates' court4
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Criminal Courts - Cases of first instance in the Crown Court and appeals from the Crown Court6
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Criminal Courts - Appeals by the Prosecution5
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Juries - Jury Qualifications6
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Juries - Jury Selection5
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Juries - Role of the jury in a Crown Court11
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Juries - Advantages and Disadvantages6
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Magistrates - Qualifications4
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Magistrates - Roles3
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Magistrates - Selection and appointment7
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Magistrates' Training and retirement5
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Magistrates - Advantages and disadvantages6
