Stone's Justices' Manual

"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 "Stone's Justice Manual 2010" is updated with the latest developments.

What's new for "Stone's Justices' Manual 2010"?This title includes: 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, e.g., restraining orders on acquittal, eligibility to apply for certain family orders; major case law developments in Family and Extradition; and, new regulations and practice directions.

Key features for "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; and, 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, and Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009. This title also features: 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, and Companies (Disqualification Orders) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/2471; Practice Directions - Family Proceedings (Appeals from Decisions of Magistrates), and President's Guidance in Relation to Applications Consequent Upon the Attendance of the Media in Family Proceedings; Decided cases; and, Criminal Procedure - R (on the application of Taylor) v Commissioner for the Metrop.