Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook 2011

Keogh, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199589208 ISBN 13: 9780199589203

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2010

Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides an indispensable, complete, and practical guide for the busy court advocate, offering extensive coverage of offences, sentencing, procedure, and evidential issues. Covering all the key aspects of magistrates' court practice, the book places strong emphasis on the areas most likely to arise at short notice requiring an instant response from the advocate, as well as on those offences most frequently experienced at court by a legal aid lawyer, such as public order, drugs, weapons, driving, criminal damage, and sexual offences. Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook is presented in an easy-to-use format, facilitating quick reading and instant decision-making. The text is broken down with frequent headings and bullet points, and there are a number of tables and flow-charts, particularly on complex sentencing topics, as well as a clear system of icons to aid comprehension and speedy navigation.

Review:

I shall want rarely to be without it. As a Resident Judge I am regularly dealing with the interface between the Crown Court and the Magistrates Court. I often find myself groping for information about the regular practice and procedure in the Magistrates Court. It has until now been difficult to find help consistently in any one place . . . Thank you for this gem of a book (HHJ Peter Collier)

About the Author:

Andrew Keogh is a criminal solicitor running his own firm specialising in criminal and regulatory work. He is the founder and editor of CrimeLine - a free weekly criminal law updater with over 10,000 subscribers. He has authored a number of books - including CLSA Duty Solictors' Handbook (3/edn Law Society), and Law Society Guides to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005. He is a contributor to Blackstone's Criminal Practice, and to OUP's Criminal Costs: A Practical Guide.