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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW VOLUME CLVIII 1994 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW VOLUME CLVIII 1994 Editors Justice of the Peace: F.G. Davies, B.A. (Hons.), Barrister; Local Government Law: Mark Watson-Gandy, LL.B., Barrister Notes of Cases Specialist Editors Consumer Law: Graham Stephenson, LL.M., Solicitor Coroner’s Law: Paul A. Knapman, M.B., B.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., D.M.J., Barrister Criminal Law & Procedure: W. Scott, O.B.E., LL.B., Solicitor Licensing Law: N.A. McKittrick, LL.B., Solicitor Local Government: Ian McLeod, LL.B., B.A., Solicitor Road Traffic: JIN. Spencer, M.A., LL.M., Barrister Youth Court: Cecil T. Latham, O.B.E., M.A., Solicitor House Editors G.J.A. Hayward L.V.H. Bristow PUBLISHED BY THE PROPRIETORS, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE LTD, LITTLE LONDON, CHICHESTER, SUSSEX © JUSTICE OF THE PEACE LTD, 1995 Justice of the Peace & Local Government Law VOLUME CLVIII 1994 INDEX (ARTICLES REFERENCES ARE GIVEN IN ITALIC TYPE) (An Index to Cases Referred to is given at p.885, post) A Bail, absence of accused and adjournments, two Abuse of process, ordering stay of proceedings schools of thought 161, 258, 311, 422 on basis of, exceptional nature of jurisdiction -, Bail (Amendment) Act 1993, confers prosecution (Director of Public Prosecutions v. Hussain, N.C.) right to appeal bail decision 412 Actors and their public persona, effect of members -, -, (Home Office Circular 31/1994) 436 of the public who confuse real life with actors’ -, -, in force, effect on prosecutors’ powers, use characters of (Parliamentary question) 505 Adoption, child’s choice of language and culture -, -, Part I, general considerations and the 1993 of family which adopts him/her Act as it affects adult defendants 447 DoH consultation paper -, -, Part II, the youth court and regulations 610 foster mother wishing to adopt child, request -, -, Whether ill-conceived and too hard to follow, repeatedly rejected by local authority, prospective procedure under 523 adopters found, application by foster mother for condition of residence at a bail hostel, breach adoption order, Judge granting leave to local of bail conditions, further offences, procedure 558 authority to serve notice to remove child from -, -, propriety of imposing a condition to “reside foster mother, whether court entitled to review at such other hostel as the probation service local authority’s plans for the child, whether may direct” 112 consideration of the welfare of the child relevant criteria for Crown Prosecution Service to decide to application for leave, matters to be considered to object to (Parliamentary question) 28 (Re C (A Minor) (Adoption Notice: hostels, chairman of National Association of Local Authority), N.C.) Probation and Bail Hostels to annual meeting Government White Paper, Law Society response to -, -, Closure, Association of Chief Officers of inquiries, disclosure of confidential information Probation oppose and documents, procedure -, -, opened, numbers (Parliamentary question) natural father’s right to know of proceedings -, offences committed while on bail (Parliamentary Aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring, whether question) principal needs to be found guilty before -, prosecution right of appeal against magistrates’ accessory can be convicted, position reviewed grant of (Parliamentary question) in R. v. Millward -, structure of a decision, advice for practitioners Air quality, EC framework directive Bar, (see also "Lawyers”) barristers, and solicitors, Alcohol consumption, offences linked to, NAPO survey closer working together (Parliamentary question) Amusement arcades and s.34 amusements with prizes -, -, overheard remark on view of solicitors’ rights permits generally, Amusement Arcade Action Group of audience "Calling for Change” -, Bar Council’s race equality policy, results Ancillary relief, reform of the court process (Parliamentary question) Appeals, once appeal dismissed, following application, judicial review cases, professional standards no jurisdiction to revive appeal or allow a fresh “) expected of barristers in appeal to be brought -, litigation, cost of, Lord Chancellor mindful of Armagh and St. Davids, City status for fair remuneration for counsel but needs to curb Arrest, by citizen, powers of detention prohibitive costs Arson, sentencing for, difference in approach by Judges -, Queen’s Counsel 1994 Articled clerk, farewell to -, -, possible demise of, with a new title, Asylum, welfare group to help arrivals at Channel ports suggestions for Attorney-General, criticism of present, why do they School, selection procedure, challenge to leave the Bar? -, silks, fees lowered for Letters Patent under the Great Seal B -, -, >, tured down after application to be admitted, Back, the recollection and possible reasons for -, social background of (Parliamentary question) applicable only to the local authority (Re F (A Minor) -, subscriptions, enforcement, change in Code (Contact: Child in Care), N.C.) of Conduct to strengthen -, interim orders, change in nature of order sought, -, daydreaming of acting for a famous person, sad procedure to be followed (Re W (A Minor) (Care awakening in case of Dylan Thomas Proceedings: Interim Orders), N.C.) Beggars, increasing penalties against to deter -, power of court, whether court could impose aggressive begging, implications of conditions in a care order (Re KDT (A Minor) -, law and enforcement in relation to, whether law Care Order: Conditions, N.C.) will be tightened up care proceedings, application by brother of the child Betting, offices, evolution of and the present in question to be joined as a party, factors to be position taken into account (North Yorkshire County Council -, greyhound racing, proposals to deregulate controls v. G and Others, N.C.) on (Parliamentary question) -, application for interim care order, insufficient -, shops, improved facilities announced by Government time, procedure to be adopted Bias, question of, position clarified in R v. Gough -, child in interim care, court deciding child should Binding over, “The Abolition of Binding Over Procedures,” be rehabilitated with parent, child to remain with Law Commission consultation paper 386, 617, foster parents so that phased return to parent could -, -, -, Justices’ Clerks’ Society, reject be carried out, appropriate order (Buckinghamshire recommendations County Council v. M, N.C.) Board games, “Cops ’n Robbers” the latest game -, -, threshold conditions, whether child beyond Bowlers, why cannot they come into fashion again - parental control, time when state of affairs of and top hats? parental control was to be considered, secure Brayshaw, Mr. A.J., O.B.E., D.L., death of accommodation, proper approach to order authorizing Brougham, Lord, and a hatful of oranges child being kept in secure accommodation (M v. Buckhaven, Charlotte, “Barrister By and Large”, her Birmingham City Council, N.C.) account of the life and times of a newly qualified -, expert evidence, all experts involved reaching barrister same forensic conclusion, whether full hearing on Burglary, distinction between dwelling house and grounds for an order then justified, manner in which commercial premises examined court should take account of need of parents to put -, trespassory element in, examined their case (Re N (Minors) (Care Orders: Termination Burke and Hare, modern equivalent of their grave-robbing: of Parental Contact), N.C.) kidney “snatching” and removal of corneas from corpses -, duty of court to scrutinize proposed care plan of Building Regulations, changes to (Parliamentary question) local authority, if court did not agree with plan, it Business at home, what can be classed as, examples of could refuse to make a care order (Re KDT (A Minor) writers and wart removers (Care Order: Conditions), N.C.) Butterworths, new offices 287, -, filing and disclosing reports prior to pre-trial review, importance of (Re N (Minors) (Care Orders: Cc Termination of Parental Contact, N.C.) Capital punishment, for and against, present system means -, interim order, Judge giving direction that child murderers incarcerated for long time, instead of death, be placed with parents, jurisdiction to do so but should they profit financially as in case of queried but local authority wise to accept that Charles Manson? court had jurisdiction (Re KDT (A Minor) (Care in the Far East, Chinese view of human values different Order: Conditions, N.C.) from ours, when car thieves automatically executed -, local authority proposing to place child outside -, public executions, past and present jurisdiction, parents withholding consent, application Carbon monoxide poisoning, code of practice to combat made by local authority for approval of court to place deaths from child in Scotland, whether parents unreasonable with- Carpeted, or au parquet, in France, where cambrioleurs holding consent, principles to be applied (Re W (Child (burglars) are taken to the juge d’instance in Care: Proposed Placement Abroad), N.C.) (investigating magistrate) -, tension between responsibilities of local authority Cautioning, Cautioning of Offenders, The (Home Office when care order made and duty of court to regard Circular 18/1994) child’s welfare as paramount, court to consider -, PACE, Code C, application where police are engaged welfare of child before deciding to make care order in undercover operation (Re KDT (A Minor) (Care Order: Conditions), N.C.) use of, under examination following criticism -, threshold conditions for order, interpretation of "is young offenders, effect of HO Circular 18/94 suffering” significant harm, use of present tense, The Cautioning of Offenders applicable to position at date of hearing, meaning Chambers, the of “likely to suffer significant harm”, s.31(2) Chancery Division, hearing dates in (Practice Direction) Children Act 1989 (Re M (A Minor) (Care Order: Channel Tunnel, spoil from the excavations, result of the Threshold Conditions), N.C.) extra land on life in Dover child, abuse, duty of the expert witness reviewed Charity Commission, revised guidelines on extent that -, -, lawyers and local authority censured by charities may involve themselves in political activities Court of Appeal over excessive costs Children and Young Persons (see also "Adoption", -, accommodated by local authority at request of “Evidence”, “Family Proceedings”, “Juvenile parents, placed with foster parents whilst Offenders”, “Magistrates”, “Sentencing”, adoptive family of same religion sought, foster “Young Offenders”, “Youth courts” (see below)) parents seeking leave to apply for residence age for purposes of sentencing, whether it is when the order with consent of local authority, whether plea is entered or when the hearing takes place local authority could or should consent (Re P care orders, care plan, explanation of (A Minor) (Leave to Apply: Foster Parents), N.C.) -, contact between child in care and siblings, whether -, application by local authority for order, child parents could be compelled by order to co-operate with youngest of five children, four elder children arrangements for contact, whether order as to contact removed from parents following massive neglect, whether court justified in making care order -, interim care order, local authority applying for a (Re T (A Minor) (Care Order, N.C.) 153 order authorizing refusal of contact, principles to -, application for leave io apply under Children Act be applied at interim hearing (A v. M and Walsall 1989 for s.8 order, principles to be applied (Re C Metropolitan Borough Council, N.C.) 191 (Minor: Leave To Apply For Order), N.C.) 191 -, paramountcy of welfare of children, whether contact at risk register, leaving on without assigned social with parents should be continued where rehabilitation worker (Parliamentary question) 391 unlikely, importance of achieving stability for the -, Whether social services departments leave children children (Re N (Minors) (Care Orders: Termination on without assigned social worker 391 of Parental Contact, N.C.) 731 -, blood test for suspected HIV infection, Family -, -, Whether paramountcy principle applicable only Division Practice Guidance 377 to the child the subject of the proceedings (Re F -, education provision order, child moves, can (A Minor) (Contact: Child in Care), N.C.) 856 amendment be made 686 -, principle to be applied (Re H (A Minor) -, interviewing in private, should be an exceptional (Contact), N.C.) 240 course 360 contribution order, child in care, magistrates making -, liaison officers, establishment in court order without giving findings of fact or reasons, (Parliamentary question) 338 whether order could stand (C v. Surrey County -, medical treatment, refusal and consent to, Council, N.C.) 308 legislation reviewed 367 -, local authority applying to court, factors to be -, minders, licences, cancelling, guidance on taken into account (C v. Surrey County Council, N.C.) 308 procedure 423 criminal liability of child aged between 10 and 14 -, -, fight to smack children, upheld in Court years (C (A Child) v. Director of Public of Appeal, implications , 656 Prosecutions, N.C.) 319 -, paramountcy of welfare, issue involving contact divorce, children in (see “Divorce”) between mother and son where mother herself a child, doli incapax, or presumption that child under 14 years whether welfare of son paramount (Birmingham City had not reached age of discretion; history, and present Council v. H (A Minor), N.C.) 209 position reviewed 297 -, parental status in the last part of the twentieth family proceedings, court’s power to order medical century 562 examination, practice to be adopted on application -, protection of, by use of screens, Wales for child to be made the subject of an HIV test (Parliamentary question) nNo at w (Re X (A Minor) (HIV Test), N.C.) 716 -, -, police and social workers committed to fines, costs or compensation, power to make local joint training on authority liable as de facto parent or guardian 343 -, fight to attend hearing of case where order about 14 year-old boys, girls, discharged from custody, whom about to be made 640 reconviction within two years (Parliamentary question) 272 -, sexual abuse, cases, procedure examined 429 foster parents, seeking leave to apply for residence -, -, perpetrators of, nature of convictions and order, what consent required for such application sentencing decisions 689 (Re P (A Minor) (Leave to Apply: Foster Parents, N.C.) 730 -, -, standard of proof, in cases of, decision in guardians ad litem, transfer to National Children’s Re W (A Minor) (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) 723 Bureau, Inner and North London 260 -, view of court procedure, importance of being heard 88 v. court welfare officers, debunking the myths 204 -, Witnesses, evaluation of new provision for, project Human Fertilization and Embryology Act, research findings (Parliamentary question) 226 Commencement No.5 Order in force 527 Child Support Act 1991, effect on families entitled to -, father or mother, whose child, (filius cuius)?, family credit and income support (Parliamentary parental status in the last part of the twentieth question) century 562, 757, 781 Child Support Agency, criticism of, whether justified, illegal tobacco sales to children, enlisting help of comparison with previous methods of assessment and child volunteers to combat 432 enforcement Home Office survey 152 -, development following cut in finances learning disabilities and severe challenging behaviour, (Parliamentary question) Mental Health Foundation launches new guidelines on -, child support maintenance, reviewing the formula interpreting techniques allowed under Children Act (Parliamentary question) 1989 and civil and criminal legislation 422 -, disclosing valid information regarding the family, murder, when committed, by children, who is really son wishing to resume relationship with natural father responsible? 51, 135 mistakes by, but perhaps not as many as cases in near adult, sentencing, guide to 580, 595 previous times involving fathers of illegitimate children parental bind-overs, whether there should be -, Social Security Select Committee on operation of, procedure for forfeiture of recognizance where DHSS response 187 child has re-offended 396 Children Act Advisory Committee, 1992-3 490 secure accommodation, application for use of secure contact, child in care of local authority, whether accommodation to be authorized, disturbed and unruly order providing for contact with siblings unnecessary child, child expressing wish to attend hearing, whether (Re F (A Minor) (Contact: Child in Care), N.C.) 856 child might be permitted to attend hearing, whether -, mother obdurate in denying contact to father, question to be determined by what was in the child’s father seeking order defining contact, Judge best interests (Re W (A Minor) (Secure applying no order principle, whether right to Accommodation), N.C.) make no order (Re W (A Minor) (Contact), N.C.) 817 -, child bailed in criminal proceedings to reside as -, opposed, problems over, recurring dilemma 463, 671, 688 directed by local authority, child placed in children’s -, -, position of the child in 71, Fat, 743 home, application made by local authority for use of -, father in prison, order for contact by post, secure accommodation to be authorized, whether whether order better than no order, whether child being looked after by local authority, conditions imposed in order appropriate and whether court had jurisdiction to authorize the within jurisdiction (Re M (A Minor) (Contact), N.C.) 153 use of secure accommodation (Re C (A Minor) (Secure Accommodation: Jurisdiction), N.C.) 732, 836 and Wales) (Deductions from Income Support) -, child bailed on condition of residence in local (No.2) Regulations, 1990, relevance of debtor’s authority accommodation could be made subject to conduct after a suspended committal order has -, order, satisfying the criteria for transfer to been issued (R. v. Felixstowe, Ipswich and local authority accommodation, utilizing the power Woodbridge Magistrates’ Court and Another, under s.38(6)(b) Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ex parte Herridge, N.C.) -, remand to, offences committed during period of suspended custodial sentence in default of payment, remand, whether local authority liable to pay whether restrictions on detention of persons under compensation to victims of those offences (North 21 years of age apply at time sentence is imposed Yorkshire County Council v. Selby Youth and B or when ordered to take effect, Criminal Justice Act and A, N.C.) 1982, s.1(5) as amended (R. v. Grimsby Justices, -, -, 16 year-old becoming 17 during remand procedure ex parte Hogg, N.C.) secure training centres for 12 to 14 year-olds, -, enforcement, is under taxation and not a debt amendment to Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill -, grant scheme extended -, -, NCH Action for Children request House of Lords -, number of changes to community charge register and to reject proposals level of under-registration (Parliamentary question) -, -, New Approaches to Juvenile Crime criticizes Community sentences, civilizing effect of, Economic and proposals Research Council’s evidence supervision order, interim, court attaching condition Community service orders, appeals against conviction that children comply with directions as to residence, and sentence, effect on the order 95, 425, parents failing to comply, whether power to enforce breach, not completed after 12 months, whether such directions (Hereford and Worcester County order has been revoked Council v. R and G, N.C.) -, youth, now 18, was sentenced at youth court when -, requirements, terms in which order could state 16 or 17, procedure requirement for parent to undergo treatment (Re H consecutive orders, whether failure to comply with (Minors) (Terms of Supervision Order), N.C.) one order amounts to failure to comply with all orders, treatment of in the Criminal Justice and Public Order whether fresh pre-sentence report required before Bill 1994, a case of “coming full circle”? dealing with breach (R. v. Meredith, N.C.) 113, 12, 13 and 14 year-olds, gaol for, Bishop to Prisons Companies, accounts, fraud, looking behind the corporate puts case against to peers and bishops veil to trace account to account “video nasties”, children viewing, effect of, is there Compensation (see also “Criminal Injuries Compensation any need to “climb onto the nasty banned wagon?” Scheme” (below) young person, before adult court on joint murder charge, -, for assaults by police or people handing out their remand to secure accommodation, committal to Crown own punishment, whether necessary to compensate the Court, remand to secure accommodation again, 28 day unruly period due to expire, Crown Court say the application -, Victims of violence (see “Victims”) for further detention should be to family proceedings Computers (see also "Local Government”; “Magistrates”), court, procedure abuse, Audit Commission booklet on -, 17, charged, brought before youth court and remanded fraud and abuse, Audit Commission survey in custody, attains 18 while on remand, procedure -, In local government (see “Local Government”) youth club, “nostalgia evening”, only 30 years ago prevention of fraud by, review of and suggestions for youth courts, girl found guilty of assault, mother combatting bound over, further offence of assault, procedure -, obtaining information from by deception, new law on -, pre-sentence reports, whether court can take into , technology, use of in the legal profession account “seriousness” when custody not possible Computer Misuse Act 1990, provisions reviewed -, Whether youth court committing defendant for trial Comyn, Sir James, book of memoirs, “Leave to Appeal” should postpone passing sentence for less serious Conservation, Conservation (Natural Habitats & etc.) offences until after Crown Court proceedings (R. v. Regulations 1994, in force Khan, N.C.) -, Wild birds and water fowl, EC Directive rules on Christmas tale, cautionary protection of species during pre-mating season Civil appeals, Practice Directions and Standing Orders, Consumer credit, motor trader granting credit, regulated new edition agreement, trader not having requisite licence, Civil court welfare service, future of whether agreement non-commercial agreement, Cleveland re-organization plans approved whether enforceable, ss.21, 40, 189(1) Codification of principles of justice, since 1979 and Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Hare v. Schurek, N.C.) future proposals (Parliamentary question) full credit advertisements, whether comparative Combination orders, breaches, whether a combination references allowed (Carrington Carr Ltd. v. order is a “portmanteau” term Leicester County Council, N.C.) community service element not completed, further order misleading advertisements, whether offences made, whether should be concurrent or consecutive constituted by one single act, whether existing community service order in place, whether informations bad for duplicity, s.46(1) community service element concurrent or consecutive Consumer Credit Act 1974 and Consumer to existing order Credit (Advertisements) Regulations 1989 magistrates’ court, place of the order in, practice (Carrington Carr Ltd. v. Leicestershire County reviewed Council, N.C.) probation element made for wrong period, community Consumer protection, advertising, regulating, effect of service element for correct period, community EC legislation service element not complied with, procedure failure to comply with general safety requirements, Community charge, authority to arrest and detain in custody soft toy from which clumps of hair could be removed prior to the debtor’s conveyance to a magistrates’ by minimum force court or prison establishment misleading prices, position where on-pack label shows committal for non-payment, whether reasonable different price from display on check-out screen relevance of reg.2, Community Charges (England price on sticker attached to goods, price displayed on till higher than shown on sticker, whether price prison establishment at till the price at which the goods were available, collection, statistics 1993/94 whether an offence under s.20 Consumer Protection committal for non-payment, is it reasonable? Act 1987 (Toys "R" Us Ltd. v. Gloucestershire valuation exercise, cost of, including appeals process County Council, N.C.) (Parliamentary question) product safety, General Product Safety Regulations Counsellors, are they needed? 616, 664, 1994, in force County courts, central London, officially opened Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994, Royal Assent , closure, Sudbury, judicial review sought to prevent, trading standards officers exercising their powers on grounds that decision based on cost, not of entry to shop premises governed by provisions of administration of justice PACE computerization in (Parliamentary question) Contempt of court, examples of, when “take them down” failure to request hearing date within prescribed meant just that time limit -, New Zealand experience of, comparison with UK, -, fees for setting down for trial in automatic freedom of press important but do they have directions cases too much licence? Court cases, reporting, same restrictions in UK and Contract, and tort, concurrent liability can exist in Irish Republic (Parliamentary question) -, form of contributory negligence cannot be raised in Court clerks, decisions by, whether should be extended action for breach -, fixed term contracts and performance-related pay Cook, the (Parliamentary question) Copyright, of letters sent by former chief of defence to Court dress, examples of attempts to enforce standards in mistress, why no injunction to prohibit publication? UK and USA Corporations, criminal liability and the legal claim -, What to wear in the way of a tie to influence the of responsibility, examined magistrate Corporal punishment, “inhuman and degrading punishment” Courthouses, for sale, owing to reorganization, under EC legislation, whether slippering a public one example schoolboy comes within definition -, in Eire and Ulster, problems in the former as compared review of, for crimes of violence (Parliamentary with the latter in condition and lack of accommodation question) Court of Appeal (Civil Division), time limits to curtail suggestion by Church of England vicar for a custom- delays in built flogging machine, perhaps a touch of Court records, need to safeguard if local authorities modermization which could be included in the become unitary authorities and provide joint funding Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill? Court Services, Agency, finalization of plans for Costs, (see also “Magistrates”) defence costs out (Parliamentary question) of central funds, defendants entitled to -, -, setting up, fees for consultation expenses properly incurred (Parliamentary question) Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 - -, privatization, plans for (Parliamentary question) Guide to Allowances Court users, survey to measure customer satisfaction justices entitled to order local authority to pay Court ushers, “Brougham” having trouble helping with costs after successful appeal against refusal to a new drinks machine register applicant as child minder Courts, bad language in, no one seems to worry about to-day order, defendant legally aided, whether Crown Court -, boxes of tissues in, for husbands or wives in family can make a defendant’s costs order for payment of proceedings or advocates? fees of defence counsel not included in legal aid Charter, Crown Court and county court centres to order (R. v. Liverpool Crown Court, ex parte The display performance standards Lord Chancellor, N.C.) -, effect on opening and closing courts -, fora private prosecutor to be paid from central -, published in braille and video cassette funds, central funds taxation, whether there is a closure, proposed, notices to inform public right of appeal under the Costs in Criminal Cases (Parliamentary question) (General) Regulations 1986 Crown Courts (see below) President of the United States, cannot afford legal High Court (see below) costs of fighting law suits, points up modest costs Lewes combined court centre, re-opened in UK preservation needed, Totnes magistrates’ court taxation of, costs of research, counsel assumed to be as an example fully up to date in substantive and procedural matters Royal Courts of Justice, Victorian East Wing taxing and payment of (Parliamentary question) refurbished wasted costs order, new powers under Courts and Wales, expenditure on administration and staff Legal Services Act 1990, example (Parliamentary question) -, -, Whether the court must specify the amount to be -, West Midlands, new disallowed or to be met by legal representative Cricket, village cricket and the law of nuisance Council on Tribunals, annual report Crime, British Crime Survey, Home Office Council tax, appeals against banding, Lambeth Research Findings (Parliamentary question) closed circuit television as aid to deal with, -, results (Parliamentary question) selected towns and more schemes planned 457, 584, 759, -, numbers, of submissions and settlements Crimestoppers campaign, 1993 results (Parliamentary question) fight against, Home Secretary says is being won, -, -, received, succeeded, failed, outstanding with example of “Operation Bumblebee” (Parliamentary question) -, Home Secretary, claims policy scoring -, Statistics dramatic successes -, time taken to inspect properties and schedules from inexorable to ineluctable, crime marches on for hearings (Parliamentary question) Home Secretary, Mr. Michael Howard, whether his authority to arrest and detain in custody prior to increasing “illness” in not taking note of experts the debtor’s conveyance to a magistrates’ court or can be “cured” initiatives to deal with, Derbyshire probation service extension to other offenders of powers under and voluntary groups s.44 (Parliamentary question) 752 is it all down to “the yob”? whether classifying and magistrates’ views of 37 stigmatizing helps to solve crime probation, community service orders, revocation, prevention, community commitment to, praised by problems with procedure 1 Home Office Minister sentencing under, examination of current position 477, 493 -, local communities involvement in, Westminster seriousness provisions of, interpretation of initiative “so serious” 53, 299, 397 -, partnership for, Home Office Minister at seminar on Criminal Justice Act 1993 (Home Office Circulars -, through planning and design, Home Office guidance 8/94, 14/94, 19/94, 38/94) 176, 224, 276, 584 (Parliamentary question) - implementation of remaining provisions reduction, system in Liverpool (Parliamentary question) 242 rural, Home Office promise new powers to deal with Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill (see also rave parties and trespassers “Children and Young Persons”) -, partnership approach, Farm Security Guidance progress 655 booklet protestors against, will it be a question of “one, statistics, current trends in (Parliamentary question) two, three, all together now it’s a worthy cause” -, 1993 for various sections of the criminal justice system? 615 -, such as from the Home Office Statistical Bulletin, public order provisions examined 200, 423 suspicions of clear-up rates, etc., “those damned dots” published 6 of decimal points can mean anything recommendations from Royal Commission on Criminal youth crime in 90s Britain, Gallup survey of young Justice, implemented in Bill (Parliamentary question) 89 people and adults’ views Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, Royal Assent 739, 750 walking to discover crime, would it be worthwhile -, -, Home Office Circular No.45/1994 766 for MPs to do this? -, penalties under, if harsh and sentencing discretion Criminal and civil proceedings, inter-connecting, the withdrawn, will be opposite of result intended? 769 importance of liaison Criminal law, will it be codified? 29, 345 Criminal Cases, Review Authority, establishment Criminal Law Act 1967, some strange repealed statutes 177 (Parliamentary question) Criminal hearing, right to hear and follow proceedings, -, discussion paper European Court of Justice ruling 396 “> victim and defendant known to each other, number Criminal records, contract to put on Police National and proportion (Parliamentary question) Computer 542 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, alteration to, Criminals, BBC programmes featuring criminal gang House of Lords declare unlawful members, whether they should be paid for appearing 527 number of applications to Board, payments by, -, now being targeted on all sides, by electronic crimes giving rise to payments (Parliamentary devices, etc., should the “boffins” lay off? 189 question) Crown Courts, defendants, recommended period in expenditure, planned (Parliamentary question) custody (Parliamentary question) 288 total amount paid out, total people compensated, -, duty of counsel in, with possible need to hold compensation for loss of earnings (Parliamentary Newton hearing question) -, new, Bristol reforms, proposed Crown Office Users’ Association established victims of violence (see “Violence”) Crown Prosecution Service, cases not brought to court; Cri minal intelligence, National Criminal Intelligence expenditure; failure to secure conviction Service, first year, second annual report (Parliamentary question) Cr iminal justice, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, -, cash and running costs limits, 1994-95, changes annual report (Parliamentary question) Consultative Council, terms of reference and Charging Standards for Criminal Offences, shortlist for consideration Offences Against the Person 324, 554 , first meeting -, -, conflict between, and Magistrates’ Association cost of, Lord Chancellor re-affirms commitment to Sentencing Guidelines 699, 818 providing efficient, effective court system -, Crown Prosecutors, guidance to on charging determinism, as against free will, should it be the practice, in relation to conspiracy to defraud guide to dealing with future offenders? (Parliamentary question) 522 financial penalty, a community sentence or prison -, -, -, in relation to violence offences 528 sentence, do they ever work? -, -, revised code for 461 inter-agency co-operation, is it the answer to the , -, Offences committed while on bail 624 problems in? determination against prosecution, reasons of Ruyal Commission on, report, responses to publicity (Parliamentary question) 505 (Parliamentary question) -, disbanding the service and putting provision of -, -, fecommendation concerning public interest prosecution solicitors out to competitive tender immunity (Parliamentary question) and payment by results (Parliamentary question) 816 policy, Association of Chief Officers of Probation 7 discontinuance of cases, survey into, results 86 reply to Police Federation speech on -, statistics (Parliamentary question) 439 “) seriousness of offences, results of a South new guidelines from 443 - Yorkshire study public awareness campaign, effectiveness “> system, back to basics in (Parliamentary question) 206 -, towards a common purpose for, does it tend -, Whether entitled to withhold unused material in — towards totalitarianism? 611, 664, 770 pending criminal proceedings (R. v. Crown Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Prosecution Service, ex parte Warby, N.C.) 108 Order 1994 (Home Office Circular 17/1994) 208, 280 Custody time limits, and the right to bail at the end of Criminal Justice Act 1991, early release the period, problems examined 327 provisions examined 429, 700 whether Crown Court entitled artificially to create