The Weekly Law Reports
[1982] 2 WLR 945
[QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION]
REGINA v. TOTTENHAM JUVENILE COURT, Ex parte A.R.C. (A MINOR)
REGINA v. ISLINGTON NORTH JUVENILE COURT, Ex parte C.D. (A MINOR)
REGINA v. FELTHAM JUSTICES, Ex parte N.C. (A MINOR)
1982 Jan. 18;
Feb. 8
Feb. 8
Lord Lane C.J., Woolf and Stuart-Smith JJ.
Justices
— Juvenile court
— When proceedings “begun”
— Young persons charged with indictable offences remanded on bail
— Attaining age of 17
— Whether young person “appears or is brought before a … court” when surrendering to bail
— Whether discretion in justices to commit for trial
— Young person attaining 17 after first appearance before court
— Whether entitled to election
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Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 29 (as amended by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), s. 72 (3) (4), Schs. 5, 6)
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Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s. 6 (1)
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Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 19 (1)