tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post1655780453762984929..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: A fair trialFlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-46011859942307260892008-10-30T09:15:00.000+00:002008-10-30T09:15:00.000+00:00From the HM Courts document the CPS has to notify ...From the HM Courts document the CPS has to notify the person on the rota for special jurisdiction at Westminster who then has to notify the Chief Magistrate.<BR/><BR/>In these cases everything by default takes place at Westminster "unless the Chief Magistrate or other designated judge directs otherwise", see 'other designated judge' which suggests it doesn't have to be just the CM who is merely "one of the Judges" who can deal with this; so are the only Judges who can deal with this all situated at Westminster?FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-78811632773907883292008-10-29T15:36:00.000+00:002008-10-29T15:36:00.000+00:00As I understood it it is not the court but who is ...As I understood it it is not the court but who is hearing the case. In the terrorist case it has to be the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and in the case I highlighted to judges who have certain pieces of paper authorising to hear certain types of legal augument.Don Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08527913650847335006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-24235279532353579752008-10-29T09:05:00.000+00:002008-10-29T09:05:00.000+00:00It does seem that some Courts are deemed to be the...It does seem that some Courts are deemed to be the only ones able to deal with certain offences; I just find it odd that the closest (or possibly only) one to Birmingham for terrorism is Westminster.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-41523593672656866662008-10-28T21:21:00.000+00:002008-10-28T21:21:00.000+00:00That's interesting.Earlier this year I sat in on a...That's interesting.<BR/>Earlier this year I sat in on a case where the offence was committed in Suffolk but the defendant lived in Staffordshire. The case was investigated by Staffordshire Police and the defendant appeared before magistrates in a small Staffordshire town where eventually the case was transferred to Stafford Crown Court and part way through the proceedings was moved to a Crown Court in the West Midland conurbation. So it is not just in terrorist cases that trials get moved "Out of area".Don Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08527913650847335006noreply@blogger.com