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Newport Law Courts, also known as the Isle of Wight Combined Court Centre, is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court, which deals with civil cases, in Quay Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, England. It also accommodates the local magistrates' court.
Renamed Newport (Isle of Wight) CC on 1 October 1968. [48] Shares a building with Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court and Newport (Isle of Wight) Crown Court. Kendal: 15 March 1847: North West Shares a building with Kendal Magistrates' Court. The closure of the court was proposed by the Ministry of Justice in July 2015. [9] Kettering: 15 March ...
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.
In the magistrates' court, cases are usually heard by a bench of three (or occasionally two) justices of the peace, or by a district judge (magistrates' court). Criminal cases are usually, although not exclusively, investigated by the police and then prosecuted at the court by the Crown Prosecution Service .
Each local justice area was part of a larger courts board area, which replaced the magistrates' courts committee areas with the inauguration of Her Majesty's Courts Service in 2005. [21] Courts boards were abolished in 2012. [22] Local Justice Areas will be abolished once Section 45 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 is brought into ...
Two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a 19-year-old man who was stabbed to death in a Hampshire village. ... You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X ...
A driver who collided head-on with a police motorcycle during a pursuit has been jailed for four years. Marvin Geddes, 33, crashed at speed into the officer in Southampton in July 2024, police said.
The Central Criminal Court, better known as the Old Bailey, is the Crown Court centre for the City of London.. In the system of courts of England and Wales, the Crown Court deals with serious criminal charges and with less serious charges where the accused has elected trial at the Crown Court instead of trial at a magistrates' court.