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Absolute & Conditional Discharges

• Absolute and Conditional Discharges

Abuse of Process

• Abuse of Process Applications

• See also Double Jeopardy - Second prosecutions arising from the same (or substantially the same) facts

Advance Sentence Indications

• Advance Sentence Indications

Adverse Inferences

• Silence at interview and other adverse inferences (part of Crown Court Trial - Defence Case)

• Silence at interview and other adverse inferences (part of Magistrates’ Court Trial - Defence Case)

Advocacy

• See Witness Evidence, Questioning & Courtroom Advocacy

• See also: Examination-in-Chief; Cross-examination; Re-examination.

Appeal Against Acquittal

• see Double Jeopardy (including quashing acquittals)

Appeal Against Conviction

• Appealing Against Your Magistrates’ Court Conviction

• Appealing Against Your Crown Court Conviction

Appeal Against Sentence

• Appealing Against Your Magistrates’ Court Sentence

• Appealing Against Your Crown Court Sentence

Appeals by the Prosecution

• Prosecution appeals against a conviction, sentence or legal ruling

Appeal by way of Case Stated

• Case Stated Appeals to the High Court (appeals on matters of law from the magistrates’ court)

Appeal following Guilty Plea

• Appeal after Guilty Plea

Attorney-General’s References

• References on a point of law

• Unduly lenient sentences

Autrefois Convict and Autrefois Acquit

• see Double Jeopardy

Bad Character of Defendants and Witnesses

• Bad Character

• see also Good Character

Barristers & Solicitors

• Barristers and Solicitors

• Direct Public Access Barristers

• About Chris Kessling (website creator and criminal barrister)

Basis of Plea

• see Guilty Plea

Bind Overs

• Bind Overs

Case Management

• Case Management in the Crown Court - the Plea & Trial Preparation Hearing (PTPH)

• Further Case Management Hearing (FCMH) in the Crown Court

• Case Management in the Magistrates’ Court

Children

• Youth Sentencing (links to further information about Youth Courts and sentencing children and young people)

Closing Speeches

• Prosecution closing speeches in the magistrates’ court

• Prosecution closing speeches in the Crown Court

• Prosecution closing speech example

• Defence closing speeches in the magistrates’ court

• Defence closing speeches in the Crown Court

• Defence closing speech examples

Cautions & Conditional Cautions

• Cautions & Conditional Cautions (Out-of-court-disposals)

Children

• Youth Sentencing (links to further information about Youth Courts and sentencing children and young people)

Community Orders

• Community Orders

Conditional Discharge

• See Absolute & Conditional Discharges

Contact Defence-Barrister.co.uk

• Get in Touch

• About Defence-Barrister.co.uk

Costs in Criminal Cases

• Costs

Credit for Guilty Plea

• see Guilty Plea (Part 1)

Credit for Time Spent on Remand

• Credit for time spent on remand

Criminal Law and Court Procedure

• Criminal Law (Criminal Law & Procedure)

• Going to Court? 10 Essential Tips

Cross-Examination

• Cross-Examination

• Conducting a cross-examination - examples

Crown Court Trial

• Crown Court Trial (Overview)

• Crown Court Trial - Jury

• Crown Court Trial - Prosecution Case

• Crown Court Trial - Defence Case

• Crown Court Trial - Judge’s Summing-Up

• Crown Court Trial - Verdict

• The Indictment in the Crown Court

Crown Court or Magistrates’ Court?

• Which court will I go to?

• Should I elect trial by jury?

Custodial Sentences

• see Prison Sentences

• see Maximum Sentences

Defence Case Statements

• Crown Court Trial Part 4 - Defence Case Statements

• See also Disclosure in Criminal Cases

Deferred Sentences

• Deferred Sentences

Disclosure in Criminal Cases

• Prosecution disclosure of unused material

• Defence disclosure (Defence Statements and Notification of Defence Witnesses)

Double Jeopardy

• Double Jeopardy, autrefois convict and acquit, retrials following acquittals

• Double jeopardy in unduly lenient sentences

• See also Abuse of Process

Early Release from Custody

• See Release from Custody

Evidence-in-Chief

• See Examination-in-Chief

Examination-in-Chief

• Examination-in-Chief

• Conducting an examination-in-chief - examples

Extended Sentences

• Extended Sentences

Fines

• Fines

Further Case Management Hearing (FCMH)

• Further Case Management Hearing (FCMH) in the Crown Court

• See also Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing (PTPH) in the Crown Court

• See also Case Management in the Magistrates’ Court

Good Character of Defendants and Witnesses

• Good Character

• see also Bad Character

Guilty Plea

• Pleading Guilty Part 1
  Pleading Guilty, Plea Bargaining and Unfitness to Plead

• Pleading Guilty Part 2
  Reduction in Sentence (Credit) for a Guilty Plea and for Assisting the Prosecution

• Pleading Guilty Part 3
  Basis of Plea, Fact-finding Newton Hearings and Advance Sentence Indications

• Pleading Guilty Part 4
  Changing Plea and Appeals following a Guilty Plea

Hearsay Evidence

• Hearsay (relying on evidence of absent witnesses)

Home Detention Curfew

• See Release from custody

Jury Trial

• Should I elect trial by jury?

• See also Crown Court Trial (in particular Crown Court Trial - Jury)

• See also Crown Court or Magistrates’ Court?

Licence

• See Release from Custody

Life Sentences

• Life Sentences

Magistrates’ Court Trial

• Magistrates’ Court Trial (Overview)

• Magistrates’ Court Trial - Prosecution Case

• Magistrates’ Court Trial - Defence Case

• Magistrates’ Court Trial - Verdict

• See also Single Justice Procedure in the magistrates’ court

Magistrates Court or Crown Court?

• Which court will I go to?

Mandatory Minimum Term Sentences

• Mandatory Minimum Term Sentences

Maximum Sentences

• Maximum Sentences

Murder

• Sentencing in Murder Cases

No Case to Answer

• Submission of No Case to Answer

Opening speeches

• Prosecution opening speeches in the magistrates’ court

• Prosecution opening speeches in the Crown Court

• Prosecution opening speech example

• Defence opening speeches in the Crown Court

Out-of-Court Disposals

• See Cautions & Conditional Cautions

Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing

• Case Management (Crown Court) (PTPH)

• See also Further Case Management Hearing (FCMH) in the Crown Court

• See also Case Management (magistrates’ court)

Plea Bargaining

• See Guilty Plea (Part 1)

Pleading Guilty

• see Guilty Plea

Previous Convictions

• see Bad Character of Defendants and Witnesses

Prison Sentences

• Prison Sentences

Prosecution Appeals

• Prosecution appeals against a conviction, sentence or legal ruling

Prosecution Decisions

• Decisions to prosecute & Out-of-Court disposals

Prosecution case

• Magistrates’ Court

  • What does the prosecution case consist of?

  • When will the prosecution serve its case?

• Crown Court

  • What does the prosecution case consist of?

  • When will the prosecution serve its case?

Questioning defendants and witnesses in court

• See Witness Evidence, Questioning & Courtroom Advocacy

• See also Examination-in-Chief; Cross-Examination; Re-Examination

Re-examination

• Re-Examination

Release from custody

• Early release on Licence, Post-Sentence Supervision and Home Detention Curfew

Remand

• See Credit for Time Spent on Remand

Restraining Orders

• Restraining Orders

Sentences

• Maximum Sentences

Sentencing

• How Sentencing Works (Sentencing Home page)

Sentencing Guidelines

• Sentencing Guidelines (How judges and magistrates decide on sentence)

Sentencing Hearing

• My Sentencing Hearing

Sentencing Indications

• Advance Sentence Indications

Single Justice Procedure

• Single Justice Procedure in the magistrates’ court

Solicitors

• See Barristers & Solicitors

Special Measures

• See Witness Protection and Support

Summons

• See Witnesses (for witness summons)

• See also Criminal Law and Court Procedure (starting a case with a Summons)

Suspended Sentences

• Suspended Sentences

Tainted Acquittals

• see Double Jeopardy (including tainted acquittals)

Terminating Rulings

• Prosecution appeals against terminating rulings

Trial

• Crown Court Trial

• Magistrates’ Court Trial

• See also Which court will I go to? (magistrates’ court or Crown Court?)

• See also Should I elect trial by Jury?

• See also Trial by Judge alone (Crown Court)

Unused Material

• See Disclosure in Criminal Cases

Verdict

• See Magistrates’ Court Trial - Verdict and Crown Court Trial - Verdict

Witnesses

• See prosecution witnesses/witness statements in the Magistrates’ Court Trial Guide and the Crown Court Trial Guide

Witness Competence and Compellability

• Witness Competence and Compellability (Who is capable of giving evidence and who can be required to do so?)

Witness Protection and Support

• Witness Protection and Support (Special Measures, Witness Anonymity Orders, Witness Interference, Witness Protection)

Witness Evidence, Questioning & Courtroom Advocacy

• Witness Evidence and Questioning (calling and questioning witnesses, written witness statements, agreed evidence, self-incrimination, perjury)

Witness Summons

• Witness Summons (applying for, objecting to and failing to comply with a witness summons)