Case Management in Criminal Trials

Since the first edition of this book - the first on the new system of case management in Crown Courts - much has happened, and the controversial and often misunderstood elements of case management have gradually evolved into a system which now appears to be having its intended effect. This book is designed to provide all those who work in the Crown Courts -judges, administrators, barristers and solicitors - with a one-stop guide to the day-to-day practical problems that arise both before and during trial. In particular it deals with all the problems that pre-trial case management can pose as well as those management type problems that can arise during the course of a trial such as problems with jurors, witnesses and absent defendants. It deals with all the main applications such as bad character disclosure and abuse of process. This is a unique and invaluable work of reference for all lawyers whose work brings them into contact with the Crown Court, as well as students studying for their Bar Finals.

Auteur

Roderick Denyer started life as an academic and then practised at the common law bar for many years, taking silk in 1990. Since 2002 he has been a circuit judge based at Cardiff Crown Court. He has been a member of The Criminal Procedure Rules Committee since its inception.

Contenu

1. Case Management and the Criminal Procedure Rules
   
   2. The Plea and Case Management Hearing
   3. Non-compliance with Case Management and Other Procedural Orders and the Sanctions Available to the Court
   4. Defence Statement and Disclosure
   5. Reporting Restrictions
   6. Abuse of Process Applications
   7. Fitness to Plead
   8. Vulnerable Defendants
   9. Vulnerable Witnesses: Competence, Special Measures and Anonymity
   10. The Reluctant Witness
   11. Adjournments
   12. Trial in the Absence of the Defendant
   13. Basis of Plea, Newton Hearings and Goodyear Indications
   14. Changing a Plea of Guilty
   15. Submission of No Case to Answer
   16. Bad Character and Proof of Previous Convictions or Previous Misconduct
   17. Hearsay
   18. Applications in Respect of the Previous Sexual History of a Complainant
   19. Expert Evidence
   20. Contempt
   21. The Jury