Practice Note (Justices: Defendant’s Costs)

Hearings

England & Wales

25 Nov 1982 [1982] 1 WLR 1447; [1982] 3 All ER 1152; 76 Cr App R 70, CA

Subject Matter

JUSTICES — Costs — Discretion — Indictable offence dismissed on summary trial or not committed for trial — Acquitted defendant's costs — Payment out of central funds — Whether unfettered discretion to make order — Guidelines for exercise — Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973, ss 1, 12(1)

[1982] 1 WLR 1447

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