[2004] EWHC 1043 (QB)

A district judge was not disqualified under the Magistrates Court Act 1980, s.42 from trying an accused in respect of a violent offence where there was no evidence that a previous conviction had been aired in the context of a hearing to determine whether or not a warrant backed for bail should be issued.

QBD (Moses J, Leveson J)

28/04/2004