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Magistrates - From: 1994 To: 1994
This page lists 15 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
Regina v Patley Bridge Justices ex parte Percy [1994] COD 453
1994
Magistrates, Contempt of Court
Application for judicial review of conviction for contempt of court.
1 Citers
Regina v Bristol Magistrates' Court, ex parte Rowles [1994] RTR 40
1994
Farquharson LJ
Magistrates, Criminal Practice
A court should grant an adjournment where a party's witness was unable to attend, and that witness' evidence was critical for a real issue in the case. Adjournments give rise to a proper sense of frustration in Justices confronted with frequent applications.
1 Citers
Regina v Manchester City Magistrates Court ex parte Birtles Times, 25 January 1994
25 Jan 1994
QBD
Magistrates
Justices were right to say that they would 'take no real notice' of counsel's irregularity.
Regina v Chippenham Justices ex parte Harris Unreported, 28th January 1994
28 Jan 1994
QBD
Magistrates
1 Citers
Regina v Khan (Abdul) Ind Summary, 21 February 1994; Times, 24 February 1994
21 Feb 1994
CA
Criminal Sentencing, Criminal Practice, Magistrates
A Youth Court must delay its sentence of a youth where that youth had been committed to the Crown Court for other offences, until that procedure was complete.
Regina v West London Licensing Justices, ex parte Davis Gazette, 08 June 1994; Gazette, 30 March 1994; Times, 16 March 1994
16 Mar 1994
QBD
Magistrates, Licensing
A pronouncement by Justices was of no legal effect, having been made ultra vires, and so no certiorari order was necessary or capable of being made to correct it.
Licensing Act 1964 20
Regina v Basildon Justices, Ex Parte Holding and Barnes Plc Times, 26 April 1994
26 Apr 1994
QBD
Magistrates
Discretionary for Justices to consider the validity of levy of distress.
Regina v Bingley Magistrates Court Ex Parte Morrow; QBD 28-Apr-1994 - Times, 28 April 1994
Regina v Southend Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex Parte Rochford Council Times, 10 May 1994
10 May 1994
QBD
Magistrates, Costs
Magistrates have full and sufficient power to deal with large costs awards, and may not send them on for taxation by other authorities.
Magistrates Courts Act 1980 64
C (A Minor) v Humberside County Council and Another Times, 24 May 1994; Ind Summary, 20 June 1994
24 May 1994
FD
Children, Magistrates
Justices cannot make a three month secure accommodation order after an earlier one month interim order. The total order must not exceed three months.
Children Act 1989 25
Sutton London Borough Council v Davis (Number 2); FD 8-Jul-1994 - Independent, 08 July 1994; Gazette, 31 August 1994; [1994] 1 WLR 1317
Regina v Maidstone Crown Court Ex Parte Harris and Another; QBD 21-Jul-1994 - Times, 21 July 1994; Ind Summary, 08 August 1994
Regina v Newcastle Under Lyme Magistrates Court Ex Parte Massey and Others Independent, 07 October 1994; Times, 13 October 1994; [1994] 1 WLR 1684
7 Oct 1994
QBD
Magistrates, Judicial Review, Costs
Guidance was given on orders for payment of costs by justices who found themselves respondents to judicial review proceedings. Justices who refused consent to quash a committal and failing to appear may be subject to such orders.
1 Cites
1 Citers
Regina v Bromley Justices Ex Parte Smith and Another; Regina v Wells St Stipendiary Magistrate Ex Parte King Times, 08 November 1994
8 Nov 1994
QBD
Magistrates
Unused materials to be disclosed in summary trials; Justices have power to rule.
Regina v Barnet Justices ex parte R Unreported, 10 November 1994
10 Nov 1994
QBD
Criminal Practice, Magistrates
The court accepted, on the basis of Bennett, that the magistrates did not have jurisdiction to consider allegations of abuse based on "bad faith".
1 Citers