I - INTRODUCTION 1. Setting the Scene 2. Preliminaries on Court Appearance 3. Prosecution 4. The Decision to Prosecute II - THE MAGISTRATES' COURT 5. Magistrates and their Courts 6. Bail and Remedies 7. Mode of Trial 8.

Disclosure 9. Course of a Summary Trial 10. Trial of Juveniles 11. Committal for Sentence 12. Committal for Trial, and the Alternatives III - TRIAL ON INDICTMENT 13. The Crown Court 14. The Indictment 15. Pre-Trial Proceedings 16.

Pleas 17. The Jury 18. The Course of the Trial 19. The Verdict IV - SENTENCING 20. Procedure before Sentencing 21. Determining the Sentence 22. Custodial Sentences 23. Sentences other than Custody V - APPEALS FROM THE CROWN COURT 24.

Appeals from the Crown Court 25. Appeals from the Magistrates' Courts 26. The European Dimension 27. Ancillary Financial and Property Orders APPENDIX 1 - Offences Against the Person Charging Standard APPENDIX 2 - National Mode of Trial Guidelines APPENDIX 3 - Code of Practice on Disclosure APPENDIX 4 - Plea and Directions Hearing: Judge's Questionnaire APPENDIX 5 - Imaginary Brief APPENDIX 6 - Trial Procedure in Outline APPENDIX 7 - Internet Sites APPENDIX 8 - Extracts from the Auld Report.