Law and Rights
On 13th April, the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015 enter into force.
They are well explained in this article in the Law Society Gazette 27th March. Suspects pleading not guilty in the Crown court will risk paying a court fee of £1,200 if convicted under guidelines slipped into legislation without debate in the final days of the last parliament. Law Society president Andrew Caplen described the new charges as ?outrageous? and a threat to fair trials.
The Magistrates' Blog describes the fees as "Callous and Destructive."
- Criminal Courts Charge Disappears On Christmas Eve ..... Government Reviewing Financial Orders
UPDATE 29th January 2016 - Report of Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments raising question over how the charge was removed Details of the Criminal Courts Charge are in this post of 30th July 2015. In a speech to the Magistrates' Association,...
- Lord Greville Janner ~ Procedure In Criminal Cases
Updated 18thSeptember - The Telegraph reported on the first hearing in the Crown Court at which Mr Justice Sweeney excused Janner's attendance. A fitness to plead hearing will take place on December 7 this year, and a provisional trial date has been...
- Criminal Courts Charge
The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 section 54 introduced the Criminal Courts Charge. Section 54 came into force on 13th April 2015 and, on the same date, the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015 came...
- Human Rights Plans ~ Legal Aid ~ Fee Increases
What has happened regarding the much heralded Bill on Human Rights promised last autumn by the Secretary of State for Justice. With only a month to go to the end of the present Parliament, it has not been published. (General Election 2015...
- Does The Bill Of Rights 1689 Offer A Defence To Mps?
Three members of the House of Commons and one peer attended City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday 11th March 2010 - see The Times 12th March. They face various charges under the Theft Act 1968 s.17 (False Accounting). In court...
Law and Rights
Criminal Court Charges
They are well explained in this article in the Law Society Gazette 27th March. Suspects pleading not guilty in the Crown court will risk paying a court fee of £1,200 if convicted under guidelines slipped into legislation without debate in the final days of the last parliament. Law Society president Andrew Caplen described the new charges as ?outrageous? and a threat to fair trials.
The Magistrates' Blog describes the fees as "Callous and Destructive."
- Criminal Courts Charge Disappears On Christmas Eve ..... Government Reviewing Financial Orders
UPDATE 29th January 2016 - Report of Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments raising question over how the charge was removed Details of the Criminal Courts Charge are in this post of 30th July 2015. In a speech to the Magistrates' Association,...
- Lord Greville Janner ~ Procedure In Criminal Cases
Updated 18thSeptember - The Telegraph reported on the first hearing in the Crown Court at which Mr Justice Sweeney excused Janner's attendance. A fitness to plead hearing will take place on December 7 this year, and a provisional trial date has been...
- Criminal Courts Charge
The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 section 54 introduced the Criminal Courts Charge. Section 54 came into force on 13th April 2015 and, on the same date, the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015 came...
- Human Rights Plans ~ Legal Aid ~ Fee Increases
What has happened regarding the much heralded Bill on Human Rights promised last autumn by the Secretary of State for Justice. With only a month to go to the end of the present Parliament, it has not been published. (General Election 2015...
- Does The Bill Of Rights 1689 Offer A Defence To Mps?
Three members of the House of Commons and one peer attended City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday 11th March 2010 - see The Times 12th March. They face various charges under the Theft Act 1968 s.17 (False Accounting). In court...