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Types of Magistrates in the UK by balasoiuRalucaMaria is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Magistrates play an important role in the criminal justice system in England and Wales. There are two types of magistrates - lay magistrates who are unpaid citizens that serve as justices of the peace, and stipendiary magistrates who are paid lawyers. Magistrates courts, presided over by one to seven lay magistrates, deal with over 95% of criminal cases including minor summary offenses and some either way offenses where the defendant opts for a non-jury trial. Magistrates also make important preliminary dec
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