Magistrates' Court Register
Dear HM Courts and Tribunals Service,
Hi Sian,
Rule 66B The April 2024 Magistrates Court Rules 1981 creates the duty for a magistrates' courts 'designated officer' by any member of the public making such a request for the following information:
(5)
(a) the date of a hearing in public;
(b) in general terms, the subject of the proceedings;
(c) the court’s decision at a hearing in public;
(d) whether the case is under appeal;
(e) the identity of—
(i) the parties,
(ii) the parties’ representatives, including their addresses, and
(iii) the judge, magistrate or magistrates, or justices’ legal adviser by whom a decision at a hearing in public was made;
(g) details of any reporting or access restriction ordered by the court.
1 - Can you please provide documentary confirmation that this information is stored in the court register, and
2 - If not where and in what format this information is stored?
3 - Is the legal advisors name identified in the register?
4 - Also can you confirm each register entry has a case number, and the documentary procedure of when that case number is created?
Yours faithfully,
Marc Horn
Dear Mr Horn,
Thank you for your request for information from the Ministry of Justice
(MoJ), reference no 240606041. Please find attached the response.
Cofion, Regards,
Siân Jones
Head of Legal and Professional Services | Secretary, JC Service
Legal Operations Team | Operations Directorate | HMCTS | Law Courts
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Dear HM Courts and Tribunals Service,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of HM Courts and Tribunals Service's handling of my FOI request 'Magistrates' Court Register'.
THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE BEING REUESTED!
I have requested documentary evidence of procedure in Q1 which must exist as without this there is no procedure in place.
Clarifying Q2 which relates to Q1 I again an asking for documents, and
Clarifying Q3 which relates to Q2 I again am asking for documents, and
Q4 again is asking for documents
The Magistrates Court Rules express the duty, and I am asking for the documents in HMCTS control which set out those procedures.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...
Yours faithfully,
Marc Horn
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