All criminal cases start in a magistrates\u2019 court.<\/p>\n
Cases are heard by either:<\/p>\n
Cases a magistrates\u2019 court deals with:<\/p>\n
A magistrates\u2019 court normally handles cases known as \u2018summary offences\u2019, for example<\/p>\n
These are called \u2018either way\u2019 offences and can be heard either in a magistrates\u2019 court or a Crown Court.<\/p>\n
Magistrates\u2019 courts always pass the most serious crimes to the Crown Court, e.g., murder
\nRape and robbery.<\/p>\n
These are known as \u2018indictable offences\u2019. In some cases, the magistrates court decides if you should be: kept in custody – eg a police or court cell, granted \u2018bail\u2019, and let out on strict conditions – e.g. to keep away from named places or people.<\/p>\n
This may happen if: another court hearing is needed, the court needs more information before passing sentence, your case is passed to the Crown Court for trial or sentencing<\/p>\n
A magistrates\u2019 court can give punishments including:<\/p>\n
A Crown Court deals with serious criminal cases, for example;<\/p>\n
It also deals with:<\/p>\n
You can see what cases a court is hearing each day and check their progress on the court lists.<\/p>\n
Who does what in the Crown Court?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div><\/div> A youth court is a special type of magistrates\u2019 court for people aged between 10 and 17.<\/p>\n A youth court has either:<\/p>\n How youth courts are different from adult courts<\/strong> Types of cases a youth court deals with<\/strong><\/p>\n For serious crimes, like murder or rape, the case starts in the youth court but will be passed to a Crown Court. There are three main types of courtrooms in the UK. All criminal cases start in a magistrates\u2019 court: Magistrates’ court All criminal cases start in a magistrates\u2019 court. Cases are heard by either: 2 or 3 magistrates A district judge There isn\u2019t a jury in a magistrates\u2019 court. Cases a magistrates\u2019 court deals with: A … Continue reading “What type of court will I have to go to?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328,"parent":11,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/sub-sub.php","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions\/1097"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nYouth courts<\/h3>\n
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\nYouth courts are less formal than adult courts, for example\u00a0members of the public are not allowed in to the court (unless they get permission) and you are called by your first name.<\/p>\n\n
\nThe Youth court can give a range of sentences including:\u00a0community sentences and\u00a0Detention and Training Orders carried out in secure centres for young people
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