Here you will find information relevant to the work of the Magistrates' Courts, such as the extended sitting hours pilot and the effect of the Human Rights Act on the courts.
Extended court sitting hours pilot:
PA Consulting Group: Final
evaluation report 
I appendicies
[published
27 January 2003]
Fine
Enforcement in Magistrates' Courts [April 2002]
Transfer of Warrant Execution - Post Implementation Review [5 March 2002]
Joint Performance Management Pilot Scheme - Evaluation Report on Cracked Ineffective and Vacated Trials [October 2001] - Press Notice [2 January 2002]
Human Rights Act - impact on the courts [March 2001]
The Government has acted to tackle delay in magistrates' courts [2 August 1999]
Protocol for National Minimum Standard of Offender Information to be Provided by Prosecutors [ 8 September 2004]
The Youth Court 2001: The changing culture of the Youth Court - Good Practice Guide [March 2001]
Evaluation of the Youth Court Demonstration Project [13 December 2000]
Model magistrates' court charter [15 October 1998]
The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1999 & The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority (Constitution) Regulations 1999 [comments were sought by 24 November 2000]
The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority Chief Finance Officer [comments were sought by 27 July 2000]
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