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Lay magistrates rarely have any experience of the law before they are appointed
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Magistrates The office of Justices of the Peace was first established over 600 years ago with the Justices of the Peace Act 1361 and Justices of the Peace or Lay Magistrates are essential to our legal system and try (or least deal with in some respect) 93% of all criminal cases and also perform an important function with regard to some civil areas. The role of the magistrates can be listed as follows:-> Trying summary offences> Trying offences triable either way where the accused elects for summary trial> Holding committal proceedings where the offence is TEW and the accused elects for jury trial.> Issuing summons, issuing search warrants and warrants for arrest.> Dealing with applications for bail> Dealing with applications for legal aid in criminal cases> Dealing with applications for licences such as firearms and liquor> Dealing with certain domestic matters such as maintenance orders etc.> Trying offences committed by youths in...
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