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Latest information about procedures rules for magistrates' courts and the Crown Court not replaced by the Criminal or Family Procedure Rules.
The different types of court - magistrates' court, Crown Court and youth court - the crimes they deal with and the level of sentences they can give.
All criminal cases start in a magistrates’ court. Cases are heard by…
A Crown Court: normally has a jury which decides if you’re guilty or not…
A youth court is a special type of magistrates’ court for people aged…
This table outlines charges against individuals for providing unlawful immigration advice, committing fraud, and arrest warrants for failing to appear in court.
The latest versions of the Criminal Procedure Rules and of the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice.
This guidance sets out the common approach of the DPP and the Director of the SFO to the prosecution in England and Wales of corporate offending.
Statutory Instruments that relate to the Criminal Procedure Rules.
The government has introduced the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, into Parliament.
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
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