Author: Great Britain. National Audit OfficePublisher:
ISBN: 9780102639940
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Administration of the Crown Court
Author: Great Britain. National Audit OfficePublisher:
ISBN: 9780102639940
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
HM Courts Service
Author: Great Britain. National Audit OfficePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780102954661
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Crown Court operates from around 500 court rooms at almost 100 locations around England and Wales. In 2007 it heard 135,000 criminal cases, including the most serious cases, up 5 per cent from 2005. Some Crown Court locations in London and parts of the South East are running at, or close to, full capacity, which can increase waiting times affecting victims, witnesses and other parties in a court case. At some locations HM Courts Service has used magistrates' court rooms to reduce the shortage of Crown Court rooms. It has also transferred blocks of cases between different locations. HM Courts Service is planning to spend �120 million to increase the number of Crown Court rooms by 30 (6 per cent) over the next three years. HM Courts Service should improve its assessment of future Crown Court workload and finalise a standard way of assessing the court rooms needed to meet that workload. For 2009-10, onwards HM Courts Service has established a new staffing model - the first since 2004-05 - for determining staff levels. It is also working with the Ministry of Justice to improve learning and development programmes for Crown Court staff. Improvements are needed to the two main Crown Court IT systems. The case management system - CREST - is 20 years old and is no longer supported by the manufacturer, bringing operational risks. The XHIBIT system provides real time information on the progress of trials and records results, but it needs greater flexibility to respond to changes in legislation. XHIBIT is not currently able to accommodate new or revised forms when they are introduced.
The Administration of the Crown Court
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public AccountsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780215539816
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In 2007, the Crown Court received from magistrates' courts 87,000 cases for trial, 40,000 cases for sentencing and 13,000 appeals by defendants. HM Courts Service, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, administers the Crown Court, providing its estate, staff and IT. In 2007-08, the Service spent around £380 million to operate the Crown Court, including paying for the judges who hear all Crown Court cases. Under the direction of judges, the Service's staff allocate dates when cases are to be heard in court (known as listing) and manage the progress of cases to trial. In 2008, a new Board was established to provide leadership and broad direction for the Service. HM Courts Service is likely to achieve its overall target for timely commencement of Crown Court cases in 2008-09, which will be the first time since it was established in April 2005. The Service will not, however, meet its target for commencing cases committed for trial which arise when a defendant opts to have a case heard in the Crown Court, or magistrates decide that this should happen. Performance varies widely across the Service's 24 areas. The Service is facing a tight budgetary position and Crown Court workload is forecast to increase until 2011. If it is to reduce further the time taken to commence cases and provide a good service in all areas, it must make better use of the Crown Court's estate, staff and IT.
Administration of the Crown Court
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public AccountsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Crown and the Courts
Author: David C. FlattoPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674249585
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A scholar of law and religion uncovers a surprising origin story behind the idea of the separation of powers. The separation of powers is a bedrock of modern constitutionalism, but striking antecedents were developed centuries earlier, by Jewish scholars and rabbis of antiquity. Attending carefully to their seminal works and the historical milieu, David Flatto shows how a foundation of democratic rule was contemplated and justified long before liberal democracy was born. During the formative Second Temple and early rabbinic eras (the fourth century BCE to the third century CE), Jewish thinkers had to confront the nature of legal authority from the standpoint of the disempowered. Jews struggled against the idea that a legal authority stemming from God could reside in the hands of an imperious ruler (even a hypothetical Judaic monarch). Instead scholars and rabbis argued that such authority lay with independent courts and the law itself. Over time, they proposed various permutations of this ideal. Many of these envisioned distinct juridical and political powers, with a supreme law demarcating the respective jurisdictions of each sphere. Flatto explores key Second Temple and rabbinic writings—the Qumran scrolls; the philosophy and history of Philo and Josephus; the Mishnah, Tosefta, Midrash, and Talmud—to uncover these transformative notions of governance. The Crown and the Courts argues that by proclaiming the supremacy of law in the absence of power, postbiblical thinkers emphasized the centrality of law in the people’s covenant with God, helping to revitalize Jewish life and establish allegiance to legal order. These scholars proved not only creative but also prescient. Their profound ideas about the autonomy of law reverberate to this day.
The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters
Author: G. Glover AlexanderPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107401828
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales) by G. Glover Alexander was first published in 1911. It presents a concise examination of the criminal justice system and the manner and method of its operation at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Administration of the Crown Court
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public AccountsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780102173956
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Administration of Civil Justice in England and Wales
Author: R. W. VickPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483138895
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Administration of Civil Justice in England and Wales provides information of how both criminal and civil law is administered. This book discusses the jurisdiction and composition of the country courts, civil work of the magistrates' courts, as well as of the High Court of Justice. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the historical origins from which the modern courts have emerged. This text then explains the various strata of courts, namely country courts, magistrates' courts, the Court of Justice including its various divisions, and the appeal facilities that are available to litigants. Other chapters consider the different administrative tribunals and inquiries. The final chapter deals with the costs and the availability of legal aid and advice. This book is a valuable resource for readers who are interested in the administration of civil and criminal justice. Law students and newly qualified practitioners will also find this book useful.
Case Management in Criminal Trials
Author: Roderick DenyerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1847318819
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Since the first edition of this book - the first on the new system of case management in Crown Courts - much has happened, and the controversial and often misunderstood elements of case management have gradually evolved into a system which now appears to be having its intended effect. This book is designed to provide all those who work in the Crown Courts -judges, administrators, barristers and solicitors - with a one-stop guide to the day-to-day practical problems that arise both before and during trial. In particular it deals with all the problems that pre-trial case management can pose as well as those management type problems that can arise during the course of a trial such as problems with jurors, witnesses and absent defendants. It deals with all the main applications such as bad character disclosure and abuse of process. This is a unique and invaluable work of reference for all lawyers whose work brings them into contact with the Crown Court, as well as students studying for their Bar Finals.
Administration of the Crown Court
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public AccountsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780102820959
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description