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Inaugural Meeting All-Party Parliamentary Group for the M agistracy 5 March 2014

Inaugural Meeting All-Party Parliamentary Group for the M agistracy 5 March 2014. Officers. Chairman Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede JP Vice Chairman Sir Edward Garnier QC MP Secretary & Treasurer Kate Green OBE MP Secretariat The Magistrates’ Association. Magistrates’ Association.

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Inaugural Meeting All-Party Parliamentary Group for the M agistracy 5 March 2014

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  1. Inaugural Meeting • All-Party Parliamentary Group • for the Magistracy • 5 March 2014

  2. Officers Chairman Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede JP Vice Chairman Sir Edward Garnier QC MP Secretary & Treasurer Kate Green OBE MP Secretariat The Magistrates’ Association

  3. Magistrates’ Association Chairman Richard Monkhouse JP Deputy Chairmen Malcolm Richardson JP John Bache JP Chief Executive Chris Brace Communications Director Ann Flintham JP Policy & Research Officers Gemma Birkett Jo Easton Dustin Hutchinson

  4. Aims The remit of this group will be: • toraise the profile of issues which impact on magistrates’ courts • to encourage a co-ordinated approach to policies which affect the magistracy • to work through Parliamentary channels to promote the sound administration of justice

  5. Current Issues • 12 month sentencing • Single magistrates • Case reviews • Sentencer supervision • Developing the role of magistrates

  6. The following is a typical presentation that the MIC Group within the MA carry out to communities from ages 10 to 80+. We start off with a case study. Magistrates in the Community

  7. Case Study The offences: • Section 39 Common Assault (summary only) • Criminal Damage both in a domestic setting The issues are Bail & Sentence

  8. Bail • Has the defendant any history of committing offences while on bail? • Has the defendant any history of failing to attend court? • Is there any risk of defendant interfering with witnesses?

  9. Trial • Assume defendant found guilty after a trial

  10. Sentencing Guidelines: Common Assault

  11. Sentencing Guidelines: Common Assault

  12. Sentencing Guidelines: Criminal Damage

  13. What is your sentence?

  14. Conversation with a bench The bench Brian Higgins JP Yvonne Powell JP Julie Akorley JP The interviewer Malcolm Richardson JP

  15. www.magistrates-association.org.uk twitter:@MagsAssoc

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