NCTJ Court Reporting correctly answered 2024/2025

NCTJ Court ReportingWhat is the difference between court bail and police bail? - correct answer 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. - correct answer Theft, sexual assault, GBH. What is the difference between theft and robbery? - correct answer Robbery is theft by force or threat of force. What is a surety? - correct answer A person who guarantees the defendant's appearance and agrees to forfeit a set sum of money if the defendant absconds. What is allocation? - correct answer 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? - correct answer An explanation of why a person might have committed the crime. What is committal for sentence? - correct answer 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? - correct answer 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? - correct answer Section 8C of the Magistrates' Court Act 1980.