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CRIMINAL APPEALS Introduction Lord Woolf wrote, in his Report, Access to Justice, that there are two main purposes of appeals. The first is the private one of doing justice in individual cases by correcting wrong decisions. The second is the public one of engendering public confidence in the administration of justice by making those corrections and in clarifying and developing the law. The two courts which hear criminal trial are Magistrate's Court and the Crown Court. The actual court for the trial is decided by the category of the crime involved in the charge. Summary offences can only be tried by the Magistrate's Court; indictable offences can only be tried at the Crown Court, while triable either way offences may be tried at either court. Hence, the procedure of appeal depends upon how a case was originally tried, whether summarily or on indictment. Appeal Following Summary Trial Appeals from Magistrates' Courts If...

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