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In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which hears matters relating to summary offences and some triable either-way matters. Some civil law issues are also decided here, notably family proceedings. In 2010, there were 320 magistrates' courts in England and Wales; by 2020, a decade later, 164 of those had closed.
The estimated average offence-to-completion time in the magistrates' courts for indictable/triable either-way offences was 109 days for the same period. [97] The cost of a trial in the magistrates' court is also much cheaper than the cost in the Crown Court both for the government and for those defendants who pay their own legal costs. However ...
When the county court system was created as a result of the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95), there were 491 county courts in England and Wales. Since the Crime and Courts Act 2013 came into force, there has been one County Court in England and Wales, sitting simultaneously in many different locations.
Pages in category "Magistrates' courts in England and Wales" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Magistrates' court (England and Wales) Magistrates' court (Hong Kong) District Court (Ireland), the main court of summary jurisdiction in Ireland; Magistrate's courts of Israel; Magistrate's Court of Jersey; Magistrates' Court (Kenya) District Court (New Zealand), replaced magistrate's courts in 1980; Magistrate's court (Russia)
The post was formally known as police magistrate when the courts were known as police magistrate courts. Magistrates have jurisdiction over the criminal cases filed under the penal code. They carry out first mortem and post mortem examinations, issue search warrants and arrest warrants, produce suspected persons and grant bail.
Shares a building with Maidstone Magistrates' Court. Manchester: 15 March 1847: North West Now located in the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, which opened on 24 October 2007 [89] Mansfield: 15 March 1847: Midlands Shares a building with the magistrates' court at Mansfield Courthouse Mayor's and City of London Court: 1 January 1972: London
The Senior Courts of England and Wales were originally created by the Judicature Acts as the "Supreme Court of Judicature". It was renamed the "Supreme Court of England and Wales" in 1981, [8] and again to the "Senior Courts of England and Wales" by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (to distinguish it from the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom).