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The Crown Court is the criminal court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is one of three Senior Courts of England and Wales. [1] The Crown Court sits in around 92 locations in England and Wales, divided into ...
The Central Criminal Court, better known as the Old Bailey, is the Crown Court centre for the City of London. In the system of courts of England and Wales, the Crown Court deals with serious criminal charges and with less serious charges where the accused has elected trial at the Crown Court instead of trial at a magistrates' court. The Crown ...
The Crown Court also hears appeals from magistrates' courts. The Crown Court is the only court in England and Wales that has the jurisdiction to try cases on indictment, and when exercising such a role, it is a superior court in that its judgments cannot be reviewed by the Administrative Court of the King's Bench Division of the High Court.
Snaresbrook Crown Court in London had the largest share of the backlog (3,442) followed by Manchester Minshull Street (2,378) and Maidstone in Kent (2,367).
The backlog at crown courts in England and Wales continues to “spiral out of control” as it hit a new record high, with more than 64,000 trials not yet resolved, official figures show.. Data ...
The Crown Court also hears appeals against conviction and sentence from magistrates. [1] There are 91 locations in England and Wales at which the Crown Court regularly sits. [2] Crown Court centres are designated in one of three tiers: first-tier centres are visited by High Court judges for criminal and also for civil cases (in the District ...
Court cases in Cumbria are facing delays due to funding cuts affecting the number of days a judge can sit. More than two dozen trials at Carlisle Crown Court are set to be hit between now and the ...
The CPS undertook more than 800,000 prosecutions in 2012–13, approximately 700,000 of which were in the magistrates' courts and 100,000 in the Crown Court. The conviction rate was 86% in the magistrates' courts and 80% in the Crown Court. [2]