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Pocket-sized, portable and practical, this book is an indispensable, complete guide for the busy court advocate. Its unique format, clear layout, and concise style allows practitioners to find essential information instantly when under pressure in court. Includes extensive coverage of offences, sentencing, procedure, and evidence.
About the author
Anthony Edwards is a retired Senior Partner of T.V. Edwards, duty solicitor, supervisor for the specialist fraud panel and higher courts advocate (Criminal Courts).
He served at almost every level of committee in the criminal justice system, as well as the Council of Justice, and sat on the editorial boards of Criminal Law Review and Cordery on Solicitors, and as a member of the Law Commission's advisory group on criminal law.
He has authored Advising a Suspect in the Police Station (Thomson Reuters: Sweet and Maxwell) and, with Roger Ede, Criminal Defence, A Guide to Good Practice (Law Society). He writes the Criminal Law Update for the Law Society's Gazette and his articles have appeared in Archbold News and Criminal Law Review. He is also a co-author of Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts (with Mark Ashford and Naomi
Redhouse).
Summary
The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner, incorporating essential extracts from the 2020 Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines. It delivers all you need in one trustworthy source.
Covering all the key aspects of magistrates' court practice, the book focuses 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, such as public order, dishonesty, drugs, weapons, driving, criminal damage, and sexual offences.
Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides the perfect balance of portability and detail, facilitating quick navigation and instant decision-making. Tables, flow-charts, and a clear system of icons aid comprehension and speedy navigation. Cross-referencing to Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2021 provides you with easy access to in-depth commentary, whilst an appendix once again updates the latest edition of Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts
(published in 2018) to reflect major developments in the law and practice relating to youths in the criminal justice system.
