Indictable offence

Lay magistrates do not have to have any legal qualifications; with a few exceptions, anyone is eligible to serve as a magistrate and that includes blind people . However, the Lord Chancellor, who by section 10 Courts Act 2003 is responsible (on behalf and in the name of Her Majesty) for the appointment of magistrates (apart from those in Lancashire who are appointed by the Duchy of Lancaster ), will not permit the following to become lay justices: anyone outside the ranges of 18 to 65 years of age

Lay magistrate, are normal people, who have no law skills and are under qualified people that give necessary verdicts in magistrates courts. They have been named as lay magistrates so that they can be distinguished from a qualified magistrate. The magistrate’s courts have been introduced centuries ago. Today there are significant numbers of persons who sit and run magistrates court in UK, as a part time job. They normally take their seat and attend legal proceedings as a Bench of two or three, because

within the courts. Throughout the United Kingdom Lay Magistrates are used within our courts and legal system in relation to sentencing criminals. They work within the Magistrates court dealing with summary offences, triable-either way offences and they also deal with starting off indictable offences which will then be sentenced in the Crown Court. Lay Magistrates come from local areas and when appearing at a court they would usually gather three Lay Magistrates. This is in order for the Lay Magistrates

The Work of the Magistrates Court and Magistrates In the legal system there are many different types of courts. This essay talks about the Magistrates Courts and the Magistrates themselves. The office of magistrate dates back to the 12th century when Richard 1 appointed "keepers of the peace". They have performed judicial functions since the 13th century and the term, justice of the peace was being used as far back as 1361. Magistrates were in charge of the police up

the offence must be criminal in both the country the offence was committed and in Canada. Section 36 divides criminality into two categories; ‘serious criminality (subsection 1) and criminality (subsection 2). Serious criminality is an act or conviction that must be equated to an offence punishable in Canada and must also hold a term of imprisonment in Canada for a maximum of at least ten years and a minimum of six months. Criminality is having been convicted or having had committed an offence punishable

Question One: Consider the following story and the questions based on it. Mrs Smith claims that one-day last year, she saw Dan point a gun in the direction of his girlfriend and pull the trigger. The gun failed to fire because the mechanism was faulty, but Dan had not been aware of that until after he had pulled the trigger. Dan is now being tried for the attempted murder of his girlfriend, under the provisions of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981. He claims that he did not point the gun in his girlfriend’s

Summary: The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears begins in a cottage deep in the woods. This house is occupied by a family of bears: mama bear, papa bear and there only child baby bear. Their home is very neat and tidy. In the home, each bear has its own size chair, porridge bowl and bed which are all sized appropriately to the sizing of the bears. Not far away from where the bears house, lived a mischievous beautiful little girl with long soft blonde locks, who had an inquiring mind. Her name

Canada were discussed: summary, indictable, and hybrid offences. Summary offences take place in provincial/territorial court, and and the maximum penalty fine is six months in prison, five thousand dollars, or both. An example of a summary offence is soliciting in a public place, or carrying a weapon while attending a public meeting. An indictable offence is one that is much more severe. The sentences given are much more serious. Crimes considered an indictable offence include manslaughter, robbery

OHS HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT REVIEW OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GENERAL POLICY This policy recognizes that Conference and Banqueting Venue is responsible for the health and safety of all employees, clients, visitors and contractors in the workplace. In fulfilling this responsibility, as a General Manager of the venue, I have a duty to provide and maintain a working environment that is safe and without risks to health. The purpose of this procedure is to provide a process that is

that Andrew has a caution for assault but without the proof of his wife’s confession, this piece of evidence will not be treated as reliable. Looking into the second piece of evidence, it is about accusing Andrew for committing a criminal damage offence as his wife and Tony witness him using a cricket bat to cause a considerable damage on Tony’s car. Although there are no other eye-witness but Tracy and Tony’s witness will count as an evidence for Andrew’s criminal damage act.