Director of Public Prosecutions v Charlesworth

Subject Matter

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) — Sentencing Act 2020 (c 17), s 345(1)

[2022] EWHC 2835 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 628; [2022] WLR(D) 445, DC