The direction set out in detail the duties of justices’ clerks and legal advisers to the magistrates and the court, in respect of the application of the Act, and generally by restating duties to provide legal advice and assistance with appropriate procedures for allowing representations by those appearing before the court, and also restating and clarifying the limits of a justices’ clerk’s advice on issues of fact and evidence.
Citations:
Times 11-Oct-2000
Magistrates, Criminal Practice, Human Rights
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.84896