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OISC has created a table containing charges related to providing unlawful immigration advice or fraud and the arrest warrants of those who failed to appear at court.
What happens if you're charged with a crime. Find out about the hearing, when you can be released on bail and being put in custody (on remand).
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If the court decides to put you on remand it means you’ll go to prison…
Guidance on broadcasting sentencing hearings by the media and the Crown court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020.
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
The latest versions of the Criminal Procedure Rules and of the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice.
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Attorney General's guidelines for prosecutors on plea discussions and presenting a plea agreement to the court in serious fraud cases.
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An explanation of the people who may be present in a Crown Court hearing.
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