The Magistrates’ Association’s chief executive said the powers will help with the courts' "log jam".

A 70 year old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to remain where accident occurred causing ...

The Bayelsa State Government has pledged commitment towards providing a conducive operating environment for magistrates in ...

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Plans to double the length of jail sentences that can be handed out by magistrates are “a knee-jerk reaction” and will worsen the prisons overcrowding crisis, a lawyers’ group has said.

Magistrates could be given the power to jail criminals for a year - double the current limit - under plans being considered by ministers to tackle prison overcrowding. Currently a backlog of ...

Magistrates are set to be given powers to jail criminals for longer under plans being considered by the Government to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis. Ministers are considering legal changes ...

Magistrates in England and Wales could be given powers to hand down longer custodial sentences under proposals to help reduce the backlog in crown courts and prisons. The move could allow ...

Members of the treatment action campaign gathered outside the Tsakane Magistrate court last week Friday to voice out their concerns over a case that commenced in 2018.

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba commissioned two new magistrates’ courts in Triangle and Chiredzi yesterday as part of the government’s efforts to decentralise... To access this post, you must purchase a ...

Magistrates in Townsville have begun voicing their frustrations with a growing practice of splitting charges between courts.

Two Closure Orders have been obtained to tackle anti-social behaviour and purported drug dealing in and around the Yorke ...