Index card R v Chalk

R v Chalk

Hearings

England & Wales

31 Mar 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 433; [2022] 4 WLR 55; [2022] 2 Cr App R 6; [2022] WLR(D) 155, CA (Edis LJ, Fraser J, Judge Dhir QC)

Additional names

R v Chaplin

Subject Matter

CROWN COURT — Jurisdiction — Powers of district judge (magistrates’ courts) — Crown Court judges exercising jurisdiction to sit as district judges to remedy errors occurring in magistrates’ court — Whether exceeding jurisdiction — Whether rulings and sentences lawful — Courts Act 2003 (c 39), s 66

[2022] EWCA Crim 433; [2022] 4 WLR 55; [2022] 2 Cr App R 6; [2022] WLR(D) 155, CA

CROWN COURT — Practice — Unlawful sentences — Insufficient care when drafting and putting charges to defendants in magistrates’ court resulting in technical inaccuracies on committal — Guidance to Crown as to proper approach

[2022] EWCA Crim 433; [2022] 4 WLR 55; [2022] 2 Cr App R 6; [2022] WLR(D) 155, CA

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