An In-Depth Report on Crown Court Procedures and Judiciary System

This report provides an overview of the Crown Court, examining its operational administration, including pre-trials, trials, and sentencing procedures. It delves into the process of judge appointments, detailing how the system has evolved over time, and discusses the judiciary's role as a representative of society. The report also analyzes the current jury process within the English criminal legal system, using a case study to illustrate the complexities involved. Furthermore, it offers recommendations based on the observations and research conducted, concluding with a reflection on the importance of the Crown Court within the criminal justice system. The report references various legal texts and academic sources to support its findings, offering valuable insights into the practical aspects of criminal law and court proceedings. This assignment is perfect for students seeking to understand the intricacies of the legal system and court operations.

WORD
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
PART A...........................................................................................................................................3
Crown Court and role of operational administration...................................................................3
PART B...........................................................................................................................................4
Explain about the appointment of judges and how process has changed over the time.............4
Judiciary is representative of society it judges............................................................................4
Current Jury process of English criminal legal system...............................................................5
PART C...........................................................................................................................................5
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Judiciary is one of the most important elements of legal system of a country because they
help in passing judgment in a particular case that has been presented in front of judges. Various
courts are there that has to be used for the purpose of filling a case and getting its proceeding
done. This essay is divided into two parts and first part talks about administration operations of
crown court and the other part is going to cover appointment of judges and how the process has
changed. In the end reflection is going to be covered.
MAIN BODY
PART A
Crown Court and role of operational administration
The day I have attended the Crown Court and majority of cases has been taking place
were of pre-trial and trials. That is why I was unable to attend sentencing. Through observation
of trials and pre-trials I have attained an considerable overview of the process and procedure that
is related to Crown court. The trail that has been observed by me was having a defendant name
Mr. Gray. He was arrested in the Dover under suspicion of drug trafficking. The defendant was
having about 1.8 tonn of drugs and was hidden in his vehicle without his knowledge or
permission. It was claimed on part of defendant that all this has been done by an person who has
loaded the vehicle whilst defendant was discussing over the matter with the employer for the job.
This case was registered under Misuse Drugs Act 1971 (Islam,. and Rahman, 2016).Another case
that has to be observed by me is of pre-trials and plea callings. In relation to this full trial and
proceeding has been significantly shorter in duration. Plea calling of the defendant has to be
queried and the plea they are going to submit. In this case it was observed by me that no guilty
plea was there. So, I was unable to comment upon procedure which has to occur as per the
scenario. Guilty plea regarding it the judge said that set date of trial is specific instructions which
has been focusing upon collecting and submitting all evidences and witnesses. Further judge
would decide over granting of bail to the defendant or make the custody continue.

PART B
Explain about the appointment of judges and how process has changed over the time
Judges are being appointed by the Queen upon the advice of Prime Minister and he
receives recommendation from selection committee. The number of judges is decided under
section 23(2) of Constitutional Reforms Act 2005 that has been established by the court and has
increased by the queen through order that has been passed by the consent of Prime Minister.
Judicial appointment is made by queen upon the recommendation of Lord Chancellor.
Judiciary is representative of society it judges
The Role of the Judiciary is that it has decided cases which is including of determination over the
relevant factors and facts which determine about the case in depth. Also relevant law has been
used while applicability of all facts and factors in it (Lei and Liu, 2016). Court has also
determined with relevant legal rules within particular case. In certain instance court is required
over clarification that has been developed or supplemented over existing legal principals in order
to be applied over the law with factual situation. Finally court has to be applied upon law facts
that have been determined and facts have to satisfy relevant legal requirements upon criminal
offence or civil liability. These bodies are there for solving of dispute between parties and
include matter of private law which might be resolved through abortion. Also ADR is another
method that has been developed by legal system. This is based upon the principals that have been
mentioned as follows:
1. Courts operate as a longstop.
2. Courts can exercise the coercive powers of the state.
3. The courts are also a necessary element of the separation of powers doctrine.
Current Jury process of English criminal legal system
In this case two men were on trial of robbery and have been accused of stealing £10 in
cash and taking numerous other items. They were kept behind glass on the other end of the court
room and two police officers were there in the room with them. Both of them has represented by
different barristers. It was 3 way trial. One man was plead guilty over the charges of robbery.
Other man pleads not guilty over the charge. The robbery charge comes under the Theft Act of
1968, section 8, subsections 1 and 2, subsection 1 states that ‘A person is guilty of robbery if he
steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on
any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force’.
Subsection 2 states that ‘A person guilty of robbery, or of an assault with intent to rob, shall on
conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for life’. End result has to trial was that no
concluded because it was a very long plea and hearing was not full trial both men were taken out

of separate door at the back of private room and the decision was to keep both the trial remanded
in custody till the next trial (Wolf, 2018).However, one of the aims of sentencing is to reduce
crime (Criminal Justice Act 2003) and so deterrence sentences can be appropriate, because they
aim to act as an example to others and can potentially prevent future offending, which will
reduce crime. Yet again, statistics show that prison has a poor record for preventing reoffending
(48% of adults are reconvicted) (Ministry of Justice, 2018, cited in Prison Reform Trust, 2018).
Reoffending rates are high for offenders sentenced to 12 months custody or less (63% reoffended
within a year) (Prison Reform Trust, 2018). The defendant was sentenced to 10.5 months in
prison and 10.5 in the community on licence. So, potentially, this sentence may not deter him
from acting in the same way in the future – but this is unknowable. Regardless, the judge deemed
it appropriate to pass this sentence, because this offender needed to learn that his behavior was
“completely inexcusable”.
To conclude, this case highlights some of the ethical and moral issues surrounding sentence
reductions for early guilty pleas. In this case, it would have been extremely unlikely that the
defendant would not have been found guilty, given that there were eye witnesses and then there
is evidence of the victim’s injuries (photographs of the injuries and a medical report(Yin, Mitra
and Zhang, 2016).
PART C
Recommendation
I have chosen the topic of Crown court because there has been an development of interest
regarding criminal cases and I have a dream of becoming n criminal lawyer and that is the reason
over going to crown court because it deals upon criminal cases and is going to help me in getting
an idea to prepare over time and make my dream come true. During my visits to the court I have
learned about procedure that takes place within the proceeding of trials. For writing the second
part I have used various books of law and has studied the process of appointing of judges and has
observed post in the courts also.

CONCLUSION
From the above essay it can be observed that crown courts are very important for learning
about criminal court and there procedure. Also procedure has to be told over appointing of
judges a role has been explained of judiciary. In the end recommendation has been given over
the essay.

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