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LNB NEWS: New Criminal Practice Directions 2023

25 April 2023
Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Procedure & practice
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The Courts and Tribunal Judiciary released a message from Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett, on 19 April 2023. 
Lexis®Library update: Lord Burnett announced that he will be issuing the new Criminal Practice Directions 2023 which will replace the current Criminal Practice Directions 2015. These new directions will come into force on 29 May 2023.

The following sections of the current practice directions will remain in force until they are replaced by Criminal Procedure Rules, in October 2023, as agreed by the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee:

• CPD I 3Q Failure to comply with requirement to give name, date of birth and nationality

• CPD I 5C Issue of medical certificates

• CPD II 7A First court attendance after charge and detention

• CPD III 14C.11 failure to surrender to bail: consequences and penalties

• CPD VI 24A Role of the justices’ clerk/legal advisor

• CPD VII J Bind over orders and conditional discharges

• CPD XI 48A Contempt in the face of the magistrates’ court

A summary of changes is accessible here.

The new Criminal Practice Directions are accessible here.

Source: Message from Lord Burnett, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales: New Criminal Practice Directions 2023

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 24 April 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk

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