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The Magistrates’ Court was built between 1890 and 1892 to the designs of the architects Huon Arthur Matear and Henry Bloomfield Bare. The quantity surveyor was Charles Wise of Liverpool and the contract for construction was let to Parker and Sharpe of York. The cost of construction was £17,050 (equivalent to £2,342,000 in 2023). [3]
[1] The jurisdiction of magistrates' courts and rules governing them are set out in the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. All criminal proceedings start at a magistrates' court. Summary offences are lesser crimes (for example, public order offences and most driving matters) that can be punished under the magistrates' courts maximum sentencing ...
Shares a building with Worthing Magistrates' Court. Wrexham: 15 March 1847: Wales Renamed Wrexham and Llangollen CC on 30 September 1867. [149] Renamed Wrexham CC on 1 January 1920. [27] Yeovil: 15 March 1847: South West The Ministry of Justice announced a proposal in July 2015 to move the court to the same building as the local magistrates ...
When the county court system was created as a result of the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95), there were 491 county courts in England and Wales. Since the Crime and Courts Act 2013 came into force, there has been one County Court in England and Wales, sitting simultaneously in many different locations.
Magistrates also sit at the Crown Court to hear appeals against verdict and/or sentence from the magistrates' court. In these cases the magistrates form a panel with a judge. [60] A magistrate is not allowed to sit in the Crown Court on the hearing of an appeal in a matter on which they adjudicated in the magistrates' court. There is a right of ...
The jurisdiction of the following courts was transferred to the High Court of Justice by section 16 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873: . The High Court of Chancery, as a Common Law Court as well as a Court of Equity, including the jurisdiction of the Master of the Rolls, as a Judge or Master of the Court of Chancery, and any jurisdiction exercised by him in relation to the Court of ...
Mr Dicicco will appear at York Magistrates' Court on Thursday. Det Ch Insp Sam Painter said: "A man has been charged in connection with this incident and we are not looking for anyone else in ...
Magistrates' Courts Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to magistrates' courts. The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Magistrates' Courts Bill during its passage through Parliament .