Example sentences of "magistrate ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Magistrates ' court must first form a view on which mode of trial appears more suitable , having regard to the nature of the case , whether the circumstances make the offence one of a serious character , and whether Magistrates ' powers of sentencing would be adequate . |
| 2 | The magistrates ' decision may be either unanimous or by a majority of the bench who heard the case . |
| 3 | The girl , who can not be named for legal reasons , was in court to hear the judge dismiss her father 's appeal against a magistrates ' order placing her in the care of London 's Southwark Council under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 4 | I do not know whether the rules and procedures governing magistrates ' decisions on poll tax cases have been communicated to them in a proper training package . |
| 5 | Mr Notice , 32 , of Welling , Kent , undefeated before detached retinas forced him to retire from the ring , appeared before a special magistrates ' court in Reigate , Surrey . |
| 6 | Nigel Profitt , 21 , of Erdington , Birmingham , and three other City supporters , were told by John Pryce , chairing a magistrates ' court hearing yesterday : ‘ You are nothing more than looters . |
| 7 | It is expected that the case will be heard at Folkestone Magistrates ' Court in Kent on 16 November . |
| 8 | Magistrates ' court R v Holyhead Justices , Ex parte Rowlands ; QBD ( Mann LJ , Waterhouse J ) ; 31 Aug 1989 An objection to witness statements tendered by the prosecution being admitted in evidence should be made according to the procedure in s 102 of the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 . |
| 9 | The Crown Prosecution Service announced at Tower Bridge Magistrates ' Court that it was not continuing with a case against John Graham , 53 , a lift engineer . |
| 10 | If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with . |
| 11 | Dennis McGookin , aged 33 , of County Londonderry , appeared at a special sitting of Belfast magistrates ' court with two other men after being arrested by detectives investigating alleged security leaks to loyalist paramilitaries . |
| 12 | Lord Justice Watkins said the Divisional Court could review an order of the magistrates ' court made for the purpose of preventing an abuse of its process and had done so on a number of occasions . |
| 13 | If the Lords rule in favour of the two women who have brought the test case , hundreds of other cases that are pending in Newbury magistrates ' court will have to be dropped and thousands of earlier prosecutions might become subject to compensation claims . |
| 14 | Two thousand supporters marched to the Belfast Magistrates ' Court with the accused who were all found guilty . |
| 15 | Mr Rodmell , 36 , a former policeman , of Strawberry Gardens , Wallsend , Newcastle ; John Wright , 32 , of Ridley Avenue , Wallsend ; Colin Hutton , 46 , and Andrew Hutton , 35 , both from Horsham Grove , North Shields , had denied the charge at Alnwick magistrates ' court . |
| 16 | They are allowed to read out agreed statements in libel cases in the High Court and to act as advocates in Crown Courts at committals for sentence or at appeals against conviction or sentence from a magistrates ' court if they took part in the original hearing . |
| 17 | Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency . |
| 18 | The coroner 's Proceedings were once again opened at Reading Magistrates ' Court in Valpy Street , the coroner 's court deemed too small for such a case . |
| 19 | In this instance , the disturbances were precipitated when four black men were refused bail at Liverpool Magistrates ' Court . |
| 20 | The police were required to bring the detained person before a magistrates ' court ‘ as soon as practicable ’ after arrest . |
| 21 | As a safeguard , they recommended that a magistrates ' court should be required to sanction any detention after twenty-four hours and that the suspect should be legally represented at this stage , so that his or her point of view could be put across . |
| 22 | For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified . |
| 23 | On the following day the appellant would have to be taken before the magistrates ' court : section 46 . |
| 24 | This led to a vast number of prosecutions , usually in the magistrates ' court , because the authorities were quite careful about alleging that less damage had occurred than would give the protesters the option of having a jury trial , something for which most of them would have very happily volunteered . |
| 25 | Conditions on the granting of bail may be imposed by the magistrates ' court on defendants against whom charges are pending . |
| 26 | At the time of writing , the first batch of prosecutions had collapsed in the magistrates ' court , on account of the long delay in launching the prosecutions against those involved . |
| 27 | They were convicted in the magistrates ' court , but appealed successfully to the Divisional Court on the ground that the question whether their obstruction had been reasonable had not been adequately considered . |
| 28 | It also suggests the possibility that demonstrators fall foul of the law in the magistrates ' court in ways which may never afterwards be given thoughtful re-examination at a more senior judicial level . |
| 29 | WINIFRED Rooney , who has run the tea bar at Alton magistrates ' court for 14 years , is retiring and the local branch of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service are looking for a replacement . |
| 30 | Every single criminal case in the country , trivial or serious , starts in the magistrates ' court . |