Useful Websites
You can find a selection of useful links to further reading divided by chapter below.
Chapter 1
Ministry of Justice: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Crown Prosecution Service: http://www.cps.gov.uk/
The Criminal Procedure Rules and the Criminal Practice Directions: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/rulesmenu
The CPS Code for Prosecutors (CPS, January 2013): http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/docs/code_2013_accessible_english.pdf
Code of Practice for Adult Conditional Cautions (Ministry of Justice, April 2013): https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/oocd/code-practice-adult-conditional-cautions-oocd.pdf
Simple Cautions for Adult Offenders (Ministry of Justice, November 2013): http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/oocd/adult-simple-caution-guidance-oocd.pdf
British and Irish Legal Information Institute (British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material): http://www.bailii.org/
Chapter 2
CPS Guidance on Bail: http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/a_to_c/bail/
Guidance from Senior Presiding Judge: bail and Proceeding in Absence: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/criminal-protocol-14/
Sentencing Guideline: Failure to Surrender to Bail: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_Fail_to_Surrender_to_Bail.pdf
Chapter 3
Sentencing Council Guideline on Allocation: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Definitive_guideline
Chapter 4
Attorney General's guidelines on disclosure for investigators, prosecutors and defence practitioners (2013): https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/262994/AG_Disclosure_Guidelines_-_December_2013.pdf
Judicial Protocol on the Disclosure of Unused Material in Criminal Cases (2013): http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Protocols/Disclosure+Protocol.pdf
Judiciary of England and Wales: Review of Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings (2011): http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Reports/disclosure-review-september-2011.pdf
Judiciary of England and Wales: Magistrates' Court Disclosure Review (2014): http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Magistrates%E2%80%99-Court-Disclosure-Review.pdf
Chapter 5
Essential Case Management: Applying the Criminal Procedure Rules: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Protocols/applying-crim-procedure-rules-dec-2009.pdf
Preparation for Trial Form: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2014/part3-magistrates-courts-trial-preparation-form.pdf
Preparation for Trial Form Guidance Notes: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2014/guidance-notes-magistrates-courts-trial-preparation-form.pdf
Chapter 6
Sentencing Council Guideline on Youth Sentencing: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_overarching_principles_sentencing_youths.pdf
Chapter 7
There are no specific web links for this chapter.
Chapter 8
There are no specific web links for this chapter.
Chapter 9
There are no specific web links for this chapter.
Chapter 10
Crown Court Preliminary Hearing Form: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/anx_e2page1-4.pdf
Plea and Case Management Form: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/crimpr-part3-pcmh-singledefednant-mar2013.pdf
Guidance Notes for Plea and Case Management Hearing: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2011/crim-pr-part3-pcmh-guidance-notes-aug-2011.pdf
Template for Judicial Orders at Plea and Case Management Hearing: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2011/crim-pr-form-part3-pcmh-judicial-orders-template-aug-2011.pdf
Jury vetting: right of stand by guidelines (Attorney General): https://www.gov.uk/jury-vetting-right-of-stand-by-guidelines--2
Crown Court Bench Book: Directing the Jury (Judicial Studies Board, now the Judicial College, 2010) http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Training/benchbook_criminal_2010.pdf
Crown Court Forms: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/formspage
Chapter 11
A Guide to Commencing Proceedings in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/courts/court-of-appeal/criminal-division/proc_guide.pdf
Chapter 12
Ministry of Justice – Legal Aid Agency: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency
Ministry of Justice – Eligibility for Criminal Legal Aid: https://www.gov.uk/work-out-who-qualifies-for-criminal-legal-aid
Chapter 13
The acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (Attorney General): https://www.gov.uk/the-acceptance-of-pleas-and-the-prosecutors-role-in-the-sentencing-exercise
Sentencing Guideline – Seriousness: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_seriousness_guideline.pdf
Sentencing Guideline – Reduction in Sentence for Guilty Plea: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Reduction_in_Sentence_for_a_Guilty_Plea_-Revised_2007.pdf
Sentencing Guideline – Offences Taken into Consideration and Totality: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Definitive_guideline_TICs__totality_Final_web.pdf
Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MCSG_web_-_October_2014.pdf
Chapter 14
Sentencing Guideline: New Sentences under the CJA 2003: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_new_sentences_guideline1.pdf
Chapter 15
Sentencing Guideline – Youth Sentencing: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_overarching_principles_sentencing_youths.pdf