Magistrates should in general seek to avoid adjourning cases part-heard, for applications to be made to the court: ‘Rather they should as a general rule proceed to their own final determination and leave a dissatisfied party to appeal to the Crown Court. That procedure was quite cheap and available locally. Proceedings before the Divisional Court were more expensive and necessarily took longer.’
Citations:
[1997] COD 27
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina on the Application of Mahfouz v The Professional Conduct Committee of the General Medical Council CA 5-Mar-2004
The doctor requested members of the disciplinary tribunal to recuse themselves when, after the first day of the hearing they saw prejudicial material in newspapers which material was not in evidence. They had further declined to allow an adjournment . .
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Magistrates
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.194654