A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

John Sprack, Barrister, formerly Reader, Inns of Court Law School, ,Michael Sprack, Barrister, 1 M.C.B

John Sprack practiced for a number of years as a barrister in the criminal courts. He taught Criminal Litigation at the Inns of Court School of Law (now City Law School) for 11 years, and was Director of its Bar Vocational Course and of the LLM in Criminal Litigation. He was one of the founding authors of Blackstone's Criminal Practice and now provides Continuous Professional Development courses for practicing lawyers in Advocacy and Employment Law. He was an Employment judge for 15 years.


Michael Sprack has a busy practice, specialising in criminal defence, employment and housing law, and has been at tenant at 1M.C.B since 2017. He has appeared in the Crown Court and the Magistrates' Court on a range of matters, including violent and sexual offences, offences involving weapons, drugs, fraud, dishonesty and driving. He has also advised and acted in appeals against conviction.

Part I Introduction
1. Setting the Scene
2. The Role of the Criminal Procedure Roles
3. Preliminaries to Court Appearance
4. Prosecutors
5. The Decision to Prosecute
Part II The Magistrates Court
6. Magistrates and their Courts
7. Bail and Remands
8. Mode of Trial
9. Disclosure
10. Course of a Summary Trial
11. Trial of Juveniles
12. Committal for Sentence
13. Sending Cases to the Crown Court
Part III Trial on Indictment
14. The Crown Court
15. The Indictment
16. Pre-Trial Proceedings
17. Pleas
18. The Jury
19. Judge-Only Trials
20. The Course of the Trial
21. The Verdict
Part IV Sentencing
22. Procedure Before Sentencing
23. Determining the Sentence
24. Custodial Sentences
25. Sentences other than Custody
Part V Appeals and Ancillary Matters
26. Appeals from the Crown Court
27. Appeals from the Magistrates' Courts
28. Ancillary Financial Matters
29. Your Practice
Appendices
1. Deciding the Mode of Trial
2. Trial Procedure in Outline