Blackstone's guide to the criminal procedure rules

The new edition of this Blackstone's Guide provides the full updated CriminalProcedure Rules 2010, including amendments made in July 2010, and the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction, together with a practical explanation of the Rules. INDICE: 1: The Overriding Objective and Understanding and Applying the Rules; Introduction; Part 1 - The Overriding Objective; The duty of the participants in a criminal case; The application by the court of the overriding objective; Part 2 - Understanding and applying the Rules; 2: Case Management; Introduction; Rules 3.2 and 3.3 - the duties of the court and the parties; Rule 3.4 - case progression officers and their duties; Rules 3.5 to 3.7 - the case management powers of the court and directions; Rules 3.8 to 3.10 - case preparation, readiness for trial and the conduct of a trial or appeal; Rule 3.11 case management forms and records; 3: Service, Forms, and Records; Introduction; Service of documents; Forms; Court Records; 4: Preliminary Proceedings in the magistrates' court; Introduction; Commencing proceedings; Objecting to the discontinuance of proceedings; Pre-trial hearings in the magistrates' courts; 5: Transfers to the Crown Court and Preliminary Crown Court Procedure; Introduction; Section 6 committals; Transfers for trial in cases of serious fraud or involving child witnesses; Sending for trial; Automatic directions; Dismissal of charges sent to the Crown Court; Indictments; Preparatory hearings in serious fraud and complex/lengthy cases; Plea and case management hearings; 6: ReportingRestrictions and Extradition; Introduction; Reporting restrictions and publicaccess; Extradition; 7: Warrants, Custody, and Bail; Introduction; Warrants of arrest, detention, or imprisonment; Bail; Custody time limits; 8: Disclosure; Introduction; Initial details of the prosecution case; Disclosure by the prosecution and the defence; 9: Witnesses and Restrictions on Cross-Examination of an Unrepresented Defendant; Introduction; Witness statements; Witness summonses; Special measures; Defendant's evidence directions; Witness anonymity orders; Live television links; Restrictions on cross-examination by the defendant in person; 10: International Cooperation; Introduction; Notice to accompany process; Hearings; 11: Hearsay and Expert Evidence; Introduction; Expert evidence; Service of expert evidence; The court's role in relation to expert evidence; Hearsay evidence; The rules for hearsay applications; 12: Evidence of Bad Character and Relating to a Complainant's Sexual Behaviour; Introduction; Bad Character Evidence; The Rules; Compliance with the Rules; Restrictions on Cross-Examination on Previous Sexual History; 13: Trial and Sentence in a Magistrates' Court; Introduction; General; Trial; Guilty pleas; Sentence; Miscellaneous;14: Trial on Indictment, Tainted Acquittals and Retrial Following Acquittal for a Serious Offence; Introduction; Part 39 - trial on indictment; Part 40 - tainted acquittals; Part 41 - retrial following acquittal for serious offence; 15: Sentencing; Introduction; Part 42- sentencing procedure in special cases; Part 44 - breach, revocation and amendment of community and other orders; Part50- civil behaviour orders after con

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958870-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 504
• Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés