This popular annual publication on Anthony and Berryman's Magistrates' Court Guide provides a complete picture of the law. Practical and easy to use, Anthony and Berryman's Magistrates' Court Guide 2011 is the single most important guide to all the activities of the magistrates’ court. Its straightforward and concise coverage of new case law represents excellent value for money.
Key Updates to Anthony and Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2011:
Criminal Procedure Rules 2010
Crime and Security Act 2010
Policing and Crime Act 2009
Coroners and Justice Act 2010
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Newly established Sentencing Council
Road Traffic
o Status of overseas driving licences
o Speeding prosecutions under Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s 85 and Traffic Signs Directions and Regulations 2002, especially Peake v DPP
o R v Bannister reverses R v Milton
Family
o Changes to the Public Law Outline
o Revised Private Law Programme in the shape of a Practice Direction
o Practice Direction offering guidance to Judges and magistrates meeting children following the decision of the Supreme Court in Re W (Children)
Procedural changes
o R v Thornton
o Bhatti v Croydon Magistrates’ Court
THE MAGISTRATES’ COURT LAWCARDS FOR PROFESSIONALS An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE with Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
With the accompanying CD-ROM, Stone’s provides comprehensive coverage of all existing, new and amended legislation affecting the magistrates’ courts and hundreds of new cases that set precedents or clarify particular principles of law.