Butterworths Stone's Justices' Manual 2010 (+ CD-ROM)

Butterworths Stone's Justices' Manual is relied upon each year by thousands of professionals to provide the most reliable and current coverage of the legislative changes affecting magistrates' courts. With the accompanying CD-ROM, Stone's provides comprehensive coverage of all existing, new and amended legislation affecting the magistrates' courts and hundreds of new cases that set precedents or clarify particular principles of law. As part of the subscription an updating CD-ROM is provided in October. Butterworths Supplement to Stone's Justices' Manual is also included in the subscription price, published in October. Butterworths Supplement to Stone's Justices' Manual 2010 is a valuable addition to the Stone's service, with recent cases and legislation included, as well as updated and new commentary on relevant changes to the law relevant to the Magistrates' Court. Fully cross-referenced to the main work, the Supplement ensures your Butterworths Stone's Justice Manual 2010 is updated with the latest developments. What's new for Butterworths Stone's Justices' Manual 2010: * Fortnightly updates in Criminal Law and Justice Weekly * Important new cases on criminal procedure, hearsay, bad character, competence to testify and sentencing * Major new criminal legislation: the Coroners and Justice and the Policing and Crime Act * Commencement of many significant statutory provisions, eg restraining orders on acquittal, eligibility to apply for certain family orders * Major case law developments in Family and Extradition * New regulations and practice directions Key features for Butterworths Stone's Justices' Manual 2010: * Ready reference pages direct you straight to what you need by listing the topic, the statutory provision and the numbers of the relevant paragraphs in the manual * A one-stop reference source on everything you need to know, including Criminal Law, Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, Family Law, Youth Courts, Licensing, Road Traffic, Transport and Offences * Statutes - Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 - Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 - Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 - Policing and Crime Act 2009 - Coroners and Justice Act 2009 - Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 * Statutory instruments - Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009, SI 2009/2087 - Magistrates' Courts (Violent Offender Orders) Rules 2009, SI 2009/2197 - Magistrates' Courts (Drinking Banning Orders) Rules 2009, SI 2009/2937 - Air Navigation Order 2009, SI 2009/3015 - Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/1611 - Armed Forces (Civilian Courts Dealing with Service Offences) (Modification of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/2042 - Companies (Disqualification Orders) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/2471 * Practice Directions - Family Proceedings (Appeals from Decisions of Magistrates) - President's Guidance in Relation to Applications Consequent Upon the Attendance of the Media in Family Proceedings * Decided cases * Criminal Procedure - R (on the application of Taylor) v Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police [2009] EWHC 264 (Admin) (Meaning of 'complaint' - closure order applications, power to award costs) - Writtle v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 36 (Admin) (Overriding objective: early identification of the issues) - Bates v. Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol Magistrates' Court [2009] EWHC 942 (Admin) (Search warrants - items subject to legal privilege) - R (Hafner) v City of Westminster Magistrates Court [2008] EWHC 524 (Admin) (Mutual assistance and art 8) - Regina v Charles, [2009] EWCA Crim 1570 (ASBO breach - burden of proving reasonable excuse) - R v Gore and Maher, [2009] EWCA Crim 424 (Abuse of process - prosecution following fixed penalty) - Carter v Crown Prosecution Service, [2009] EWHC 2197 (Admin) (Dispersal direction: proving the relevant authorisation) * Evidence - R v Hearne [2009] EWCA Crim 103 (Bad character: attacking another person's character - directions to be given) - R v Johnson and Others [2009] EWCA Crim 649 (Establishing propensity - offences in different categories) - M v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 752 (Admin) (Viewing locus - difference between viewing and reconstruction - R v Athwal (Bachan), R v Athwal (Sukhdave) [2009] EWCA Crim 789 (Prior consistent statement - procedure - route to admissibility - whether fabrication need be 'recent') - R v Horncastle [2009] UKSC 14 (admissibility of hearsay where it is the 'sole' or 'decisive' evidence against the accused * Sentencing - R v S and other appeals [2008] EWCA Crim 2790 (Dangerous offenders: guidance on changes made by the 2008 Act) - R v Booker [2009] EWCA Crim 311 (Increasing sentence where offender has been recalled and would otherwise serve no additional punishment) * Road Traffic - Gidden v Chief Constable of Humberside [2009] EWHC 2924 (admin) (Notice of intended prosecution sent by ordinary post - deeming provision of receipt not applicable) - Regina v Bannister 2009] EWCA Crim 1571 (Dangerous driving - relevant of special driving skills) * Youths - New narrative on youth rehabilitation orders - R v JTB [2009] UKHL 20 (abolition of doli incapax) * Family - Re R (a child) (residence order: treatment of child?s wishes) [2009] EWCA Civ 445, [2009] 2 FCR 572 dealing with unrepresented parties in family cases - Re W (Children) (Concurrent Criminal and Care Proceedings) [2009] EWCA Civ 644, and Re L (a child) (fact-finding hearing) [2009] EWCA Civ 1008 (fact-finding hearings). - Re T (a child) (care order) [2009] EWCA Civ 121, [2009] 3 All ER 1078, [2009] 2 FCR 367, [2009] 2 FLR 574 (agreed orders) - Re S-B (children) (non-accidental injury) [2009] UKSC 17 - Re L-A (children) [2009] EWCA Civ 822, explaining Re L [2008] FLR 575 - A Local Authority v GC and others, [2008] EWHC 2555 (Fam) [2009] (consent to adoption) - NH v A County Council and others; Re D (children) (non-accidental injury), [2009] - - EWCA Civ 472 (guidance on need to identify perpetrator of child abuse - RE B (RESIDENCE: SECOND APPEAL), (residence orders: significance of being natural parent) * Licensing - R (Bassetlaw District Council v Worksop Magistrates? Court) [2009] EWHC 3530 (Admin) (requirement for appellate court to address the DCMS Guidance and the relevance of deterrence as a consideration) - Hall v Woodhouse Ltd v Borough and County of the Town of Poole, [2009] EWHC 1587 (Admin) (Carrying on unauthorised licensable activities - liability of landlords) * Crime - Regina v. Cooper (Gary Anthony) [2009] UKHL 42 (Sexual offences: capacity to consent is situation specific) - Akhurst and Akhurst v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 806 (Admin) (Vagrancy Act - meaning of 'enclosed area') - R v Barker (Competence to give evidence) Table of Contents: Part I: Magistrates' Courts Procedure; Part II: Evidence; Part III: Sentencing; Part IV: Road Traffic; Part V: Youth Courts; Part VI: Family Law; Part VII: Transport; Part VIII: Miscellaneous Offences and Civil Proceedings; Part IX: Precedents and Forms; Part X: Stop Press: Miscellaneous Legislation.