Research & Planning: Court Research

Me and Nathan are using a court trial in our teaser trailer, therefore we thought we should research some information about Crown Courts and take note about them. We have found that:

• The Crown Court was established in 1972.
• The Crown Court of England & Wales is together with the High Court of Justice & the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Senior Courts of England & Wales.
• It is the higher Court of first instance in criminal cases.
• The Crown Court sits in around 92 locations in England & Wales.
• The Crown Court carries out four different principal types of activity. These are appeals from decisions of magistrates, sentencing of defendants committed from magistrates’ courts, jury trials and the sentencing of those who are convicted in the Crown Court, either after trial or on pleading guilty.
• Defendants in custody face a waiting time of 13 weeks and 3 days.
• Those on bail experience a delay, waiting on average 15 weeks and 4 days until their case is heard.