The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 1 WLR 628
King’s Bench Division
*Director of Public Prosecutions v Charlesworth
[2022] EWHC 2835 (Admin)
2022 Nov 9
Lewis LJ, Linden J
Crime— Sexual offences— Prevention order— Application for sexual harm prevention order— Whether magistrates’ court having power to adjourn application until after sentencing— Whether adjournment for longer than four weeks invalidating subsequent proceedings—
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c 43), s 10(3)[1]
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Sentencing Act 2020 (c 17), s 345(1)[2]