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Readership: Titles in this series are designed to bridge the gap between study and legal practice. The primary market for this book will be criminal practitioners, and students preparing for professional examinations on the LPC and BVC; also students of the criminal justice system at undergraduate and postgraduate level. There will be a secondary market amongst academics and practitioners worldwide studying the English criminal justice system.
John Sprack, Barrister, Formerly Reader, Inns of Court School of Law
THE CLIENT Introduction Preliminary Matters Initial Interview Bail Application Advice on Plea Advice on Mode of Trial PART I: INTRODUCTION 1: Setting the Scene 2: The Role of the Criminal Procedure Rules 3: Preliminaries to Court Appearance 4: Prosecutors 5: The Decision to Prosecute PART II: THE MAGISTRATES' COURT 6: Magistrates and their Courts 7: Bail and Remands 8: Mode of Trial 9: Disclosure 10: Course of a Summary Trial 11: Trial of Juveniles 12: Committal for Sentence 13: Sending Cases to the Crown Court PART III: TRIAL ON INDICTMENT 14: The Crown Court 15: The Indictment 16: Pre-Trial Proceedings 17: Pleas 18: The Jury 19: Judge-only Trials 20: The Course of the Trial 21: The Verdict PART IV: SENTENCING 22: Procedure before Sentencing 23: Determining the Sentence 24: Custodial Sentences 25: Sentences other than Custody PART V: APPEALS AND ANCILLARY MATTERS 26: Appeals from the Crown Court 27: Appeals from the Magistrates' Court 28: The European Dimension 29: Ancillary Financial Matters 30: Your Practice APPENDICES National Mode of Trial Guidelines Disclosure Imaginary Brief Trial Procedure in Outline Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales (The Auld Report)
