This pack contains both Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook 2023 and the latest edition of Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts which published in 2018. The set is the ideal companion for all those working not only with adults but also with children and young people in the criminal courts, to help them deal with all the issues arising in the specialist Youth Court and in the Crown Court jurisdiction. A new appendix in Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook 2023 provides key updates to Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts, bringing it up to date to November 2022. The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner. Incorporating full references to the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines, it offers all you need in one trustworthy source. Covering all the key aspects of magistrates' court practice, the book focuses on the areas most likely to arise at short notice requiring an instant response from the advocate, as well as on those offences most frequently experienced at court, such as assault, public order, dishonesty, drugs, weapons, driving, criminal damage, and sexual offences. Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook's easy-to-use pocket-sized format facilitates quick reading and instant decision-making. Tables, flow-charts, and a clear system of icons aid comprehension and speedy navigation. Cross-referencing to Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2023 provides you with easy access to in-depth commentary, whilst an appendix once again updates the latest edition of Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts (included; published in 2018) to reflect major developments in the law and practice relating to youths in the criminal justice system. Blackstone's Handbook of Youths in the Criminal Courts has been thoroughly updated to take account of the raft of significant changes since the previous edition - most notably the 2017 definitive guideline on sentencing children and young people and the new offence-specific guidelines. The book covers the entire range of issues specific to the treatment of young people in criminal courts, the principles and practice of the Youth Justice System, the issues of jurisdiction, effective participation and fair trial, the use of special measures, and the complications of sentencing procedure and practice. It also deals in detail with the ways in which youths are sent to the Crown Court and the powers of that court in dealing with them; changing age during the course of proceedings and attaining 18 as well as issues relating to parents and guardians. There is a new section on civil injunctions in the Youth Courts, incorporating the law on civil injunctions under the Anti Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014. Both volumes' easy-to-use pocket-sized format facilitates quick reading and instant decision-making. Tables, flow-charts, and a clear system of icons aid comprehension and speedy navigation. Cross-referencing to Blackstone's Criminal Practice provides you with easy access to in-depth commentary.

About the Author
Anthony Edwards is a retired Senior Partner of T.V. Edwards. He served at almost every level of committee in the criminal justice system, as well as the Council of Justice, and sat on the editorial boards of Criminal Law Review and Cordery on Solicitors, and as a member of the Law Commission's advisory group on criminal law. He has authored Police Station Adviser's handbook (LAG) and, with Roger Ede, Criminal Defence, A Guide to Good Practice (Law Society). He wrote the Criminal Law Update for the Law Society's Gazette and his articles have appeared in Archbold News and Criminal Law Review. Bartholomew Dalton is a solicitor and key member of the Serious and General Crime team at top-ranked London criminal defence firm Hickman & Rose. He is an experienced litigator and advocate in the Magistrates' Courts and is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 legal directory. Bartholomew is a committee member and the law reform officer for the London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association. Naomi Redhouse is a District Judge (Magistrates' Court) sitting at Sheffield Magistrates' Court. She was previously a solicitor in private practice and then a freelance specialist in the youth court and trial advocacy. She has extensive experience of training lawyers on the youth justice system, and was co-author of the third edition of Defending Young People in the Criminal Justice System (LAG, 2006). Mark Ashford is a solicitor and Partner of TV Edwards. He is a specialist in youth court work, a duty solicitor, and has Higher Rights of Audience. He is the co- author of Defending Young People in the Criminal Justice System and provides specific training on youth justice matters to the profession, local authorities, and other agencies.


Book Information
ISBN 9780198880813
Author Anthony Edwards
Page Count 1184
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 910g
Dimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 40mm