NCTJ Court Reporting Exam Top Predicted Questions and CORRECT Answers 2024

What is the difference between court bail and police bail? - Court bail gives the person their liberty until their next court appearance. Police bail means they are free to go but will be re-called for further questioning and for a decision on whether to charge or not. Give three examples of either-way offences. - Theft, sexual assault, GBH. What is the difference between theft and robbery? - Robbery is theft by force or threat of force. What is a surety? - A person who guarantees the defendant's appearance and agrees to forfeit a set sum of money if the defendant absconds. What is allocation? - Where magistrates hear about the alleged crime and decide if they can accept jurisdiction or if they believe that their powers of punishment may be insufficient. What is mitigation? - An explanation of why a person might have committed the crime. What is committal for sentence? - When magistrates dealing with an either-way offence in a summary trial, send the case to the Crown Court for sentencing. What is a conditional discharge? - The court has not imposed or specified punishment, but if the offender commits another offence within a given time, they are liable to be punished for the first offence as well as the subsequent offence. Which section of which act imposes automatic reporting restrictions for pre-trial hearings of summary offences? - Section 8C of the Magistrates' Court Act 1980.