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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.
Find out about single justice procedure notices and how you should respond.
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
Plead guilty or not guilty to a traffic offence
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.
Before Plea Protocol for a Pre-Sentence Report and request form.
The latest versions of the Criminal Procedure Rules and of the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice.
If you are found guilty of a crime, your sentence will depend on a number of factors, including the type, seriousness and circumstances of the crime.
How to challenge a decision by a magistrates' court. Including how to get a fine reviewed, if you did not know about your case, how to appeal to the Crown Court.
How to appeal a decision by a Crown Court. Find out which forms you'll need and what the appeal process involves.
Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan issued a statement on the guilty verdict of some of the ‘NSL 47’ activists and former politicians in Hong Kong.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
Pleading not guilty in the magistrates' court and youth court.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in Jamaica.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in Barbados.
How to get a transcript of a hearing: restrictions, how to apply, costs, complaints
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