Sentencing: North West

(asked on 1st July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were remitted by each High Court in North West England to each magistrates court in the North West for sentencing in 2014.


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Shailesh Vara
This question was answered on 7th July 2015

The High Court hears Chancery, Queen’s Bench and Family matters which are not criminal cases requiring sentencing which could be dealt with in a magistrates’ court. Therefore there is no scenario in which the High Court would remit a case to a magistrates’ court for sentencing.

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