Crown Court

Crown Court judges preside over these proceedings and will deal with all preliminary hearings and sentencing. If, however, you are facing a trial you will be tried by a Judge and Jury, the Jury being 12 randomly selected people, usually from the borough or neighbouring borough of the Court that you are in.

Cases that are too serious to be dealt with in the Magistrates Court are transferred to the Crown Court. So, depending on what you have been charged with, you may have been given a choice as to where your trial is to take place.

MK Law has a strong team of Advocates made up of Higher Court Advocates and Barristers, who are able to provide you with the best representation.

We also work with a large network of independent barristers Countrywide who we do instruct in certain cases.

Magistrates decide whether a case is sufficiently serious to be heard in the Crown Court. But if they decide the case should stay in the Magistrates Court, the defendant can then choose which court it should take place.

If the defendant chooses to stay within the Magistrates Court the magistrates can still decide to send them for trial in the Crown if they are found guilty and the offence is serious enough.