Notice

Criminal procedure: magistrates’ courts trial preparation form

The Lord Chief Justice has authorised an amendment to the list of standard trial preparation time limits in the magistrates’ trial form.

• From: Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
• Published: 4 August 2014

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Criminal Procedure Rules Part 3: Preparation for trial in a magistrates’ court

http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2014/crimpr-part3-magistrates-courts-trial-preparation-form.pdf

Details

The Lord Chief Justice has authorised an amendment to the list of standard trial preparation time limits at page 7 of the magistrates’ courts trial preparation form.

Time limit (d) (Application for disclosure) has been rewritten to clarify the obligation on the defendant when making an application for prosecution disclosure.

The form appears under the heading ‘Part 3 – Case management’ on the forms page.

Published 4 August 2014