Duncan Atkinson, Tim Moloney Qc

Blackstone's Guide to the Criminal Procedure Rules

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Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of this Blackstone's Guide provides the full updated Criminal Procedure Rules 2010, including amendments made in July 2010, and the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction, together with a practical explanation of the Rules.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780199588701
• ISBN-10: 0199588708
• Artikelnr.: 33130520

Autorenporträt

Duncan Atkinson and Tim Moloney QC are both established criminal law barristers, practising from 6 King's Bench Walk and Tooks Chambers respectively. They were both members of the Criminal Bar Assocation Working Party on the Criminal Procedure Rules, and are contributors to Blackstone's Criminal Practice.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: The Overriding Objective and Understanding and Applying the Rules
* Introduction
* Part 1 - The Overriding Objective
* The duty of the participants in a criminal case
* The application by the court of the overriding objective
* Part 2 - Understanding and applying the Rules
* 2: Case Management
* Introduction
* Rules 3.2 and 3.3 - the duties of the court and the parties
* Rule 3.4 - case progression officers and their duties
* Rules 3.5 to 3.7 - the case management powers of the court and
directions
* Rules 3.8 to 3.10 - case preparation, readiness for trial and the
conduct of a trial or appeal
* Rule 3.11 case management forms and records
* 3: Service, Forms, and Records
* Introduction
* Service of documents
* Forms
* Court Records
* 4: Preliminary Proceedings in the magistrates' court
* Introduction
* Commencing proceedings
* Objecting to the discontinuance of proceedings
* Pre-trial hearings in the magistrates' courts
* 5: Transfers to the Crown Court and Preliminary Crown Court Procedure
* Introduction
* Section 6 committals
* Transfers for trial in cases of serious fraud or involving child
witnesses
* Sending for trial
* Automatic directions
* Dismissal of charges sent to the Crown Court
* Indictments
* Preparatory hearings in serious fraud and complex/lengthy cases
* Plea and case management hearings
* 6: Reporting Restrictions and Extradition
* Introduction
* Reporting restrictions and public access
* Extradition
* 7: Warrants, Custody, and Bail
* Introduction
* Warrants of arrest, detention, or imprisonment
* Bail
* Custody time limits
* 8: Disclosure
* Introduction
* Initial details of the prosecution case
* Disclosure by the prosecution and the defence
* 9: Witnesses and Restrictions on Cross-Examination of an
Unrepresented Defendant
* Introduction
* Witness statements
* Witness summonses
* Special measures
* Defendant's evidence directions
* Witness anonymity orders
* Live television links
* Restrictions on cross-examination by the defendant in person
* 10: International Cooperation
* Introduction
* Notice to accompany process
* Hearings
* 11: Hearsay and Expert Evidence
* Introduction
* Expert evidence
* Service of expert evidence
* The court's role in relation to expert evidence
* Hearsay evidence
* The rules for hearsay applications
* 12: Evidence of Bad Character and Relating to a Complainant's Sexual
Behaviour
* Introduction
* Bad Character Evidence
* The Rules
* Compliance with the Rules
* Restrictions on Cross-Examination on Previous Sexual History
* 13: Trial and Sentence in a Magistrates' Court
* Introduction
* General
* Trial
* Guilty pleas
* Sentence
* Miscellaneous
* 14: Trial on Indictment, Tainted Acquittals and Retrial Following
Acquittal for a Serious Offence
* Introduction
* Part 39 - trial on indictment
* Part 40 - tainted acquittals
* Part 41 - retrial following acquittal for serious offence
* 15: Sentencing
* Introduction
* Part 42- sentencing procedure in special cases
* Part 44 - breach, revocation and amendment of community and other
orders
* Part 50- civil behaviour orders after conviction or finding
* Part 52- enforcement of fines
* Part 55 - road traffic penalties
* 16: Confiscation
* Introduction
* Confiscation under the Criminal Justice 1988 and the Drug Trafficking
Act 1994
* Rules applicable for all proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act
2002
* Rules applicable to confiscation proceedings under Proceeds of Crime
Act 2002
* Restraint proceedings
* Receivership
* 17: Contempt of Court
* Introduction
* Scope of the part
* Rules relating to evidence
* 18: Appeals
* Introduction
* Part 63 - appeal to the Crown Court against conviction or sentence
* Appeal to the High Court by way of case stated
* Appeal to the Court of Appeal: general rules
* Appeal to the Court of Appeal against ruling at preparatory hearing
* Appeal to the Court of Appeal against ruling adverse to the
prosecution
* Part 68 - Appeal to the Court of Appeal about conviction or sentence
* Appeal to the Court of Appeal against order restricting reporting or
public access
* Part 70 - Reference to the Court of Appeal of point of law or unduly
lenient sentencing
* Part 71 - Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime
Act 2002 - general rules
* Part 72 - Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime
Act 2002 - prosecutor's appeal regarding confiscation
* Part 73 - Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime
Act 2002 - restraint or receivership orders
* Part 74 - Appeal or reference to the Supreme Court
* Part 75 - Request to the European Court for a preliminary ruling
* 19: Costs
* Introduction
* General
* Costs out of central funds
* Payment of costs by one party to another
* Other costs orders
* Assessment of costs
* Appendix 1 - The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010 (SI 2010 No. 60), as
amended by the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2010 (SI 2010 No.
1921)
* Appendix 2 - The Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction
* Appendix 3 - Control and Management of Heavy Fraud and Other Complex
Criminal Cases