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Pleading not guilty in the magistrates' court and youth court.

• Updated: 20 August 2021

Complete this form to resume a prosecution when a patient becomes fit to plead.

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.

• Overview

  If you’re unhappy with a decision made by a magistrates’ court, you can…

• Get a fine or payment terms reviewed

  You might be able to ask for your fine or the payment terms to be reviewed…

• If someone has falsely given your details to the police or courts

  You might be able to ask the court to reopen your case if you think…

• If you did not know about your case

  You could ask for your case to be reopened if you did not know about it,…

• If the court did not have all the information about your case

  You can ask the court to reopen your case if: you (or your legal adviser)…

• Appeal to the Crown Court

  If you were able to plead guilty or not guilty, but you still disagree…

Attorney General's guidelines for prosecutors on plea discussions and presenting a plea agreement to the court in serious fraud cases.

• Updated: 29 November 2012

Find out about single justice procedure notices and how you should respond.

In this report the Law Commission makes recommendations for reform of the whole unfitness to plead framework.

• Updated: 13 January 2016

Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).

• Updated: 30 November 2012

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.

Charles Willard ran a waste transfer station in Chichester without environmental permits, while Callan Wood let it operate on land owned by his company. 

• Updated: 24 November 2025

Before Plea Protocol for a Pre-Sentence Report and request form.

• Updated: 3 August 2021