Lawfulness of rulings made by the judge when sitting as a District Judge pursuant to section 66 Courts Act 2003, and the degree to which they affect the lawfulness of the sentences imposed. They both concern matters that had been committed for sentence to the Crown Court by the Magistrates’ Court, and certain steps taken in the Crown Court where the sentencing judge sat as a District Judge in the Magistrates’ Court under section 66
Judges:
Lord Justice Edis
Mr Justice Fraser
And
Her Honour Judge Dhir QC
Citations:
[2022] EWCA Crim 433, [2022] 2 Cr App R 6, [2022] 2 Cr App R 6, [2022] Crim LR 602, [2022] WLR(D) 155
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing, Criminal Practice
Updated: 04 September 2022; Ref: scu.680583