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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 Court of Appeal may quash any sentence which is the subject of the appeal and in place of it pass such sentence as they think is appropriate, so long as taking the case as a whole, the appellant is not dealt with more severely by the Court of Appeal than by the Crown Court. [12] Appeals against findings of unfitness to plead [13]
In these circumstances, the High Court may grant bail in cases originally heard in the magistrates' court. [42] An appeal can also be achieved by judicial review of the decision at Crown court level. While the High Court may have jurisdiction to review Crown court bail conditions in certain circumstances, the court will use this power sparingly ...
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.
The Government’s target of cutting the crown court backlog is “no longer achievable”, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found. A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) said the Ministry ...
Sentencing in England and Wales refers to a bench of magistrates or district judge in a magistrate's court or a judge in the Crown Court passing sentence on a person found guilty of a criminal offence. In deciding the sentence, the court will take into account a number of factors: the type of offence and how serious it is, the timing of any ...
An alleged robbery in which watches worth £1.38 million were stolen was "staged" and everyone involved consented, including a jewellery store manager who later killed himself, a court has been told.
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 ...