We have sought be inclusive, and therefore to meet the needs of the most inexperienced Recorder. We appreciate that the users of this Compendium will have widely differing degrees of experience in trying and sentencing in Crown Court cases. Its format and contents have been guided by the wide-reaching survey referred to in the Foreword (April 2016). This Compendium seeks to combine the perceived strengths of all these previous publications, so that further reference to them is not necessary. The Compendium is intended to replace all of the guidance previously provided by the Judicial College and its predecessor the Judicial Studies Board namely: the вЂSpecimen Directions to the JuryвЂ™ in the Crown Court Bench Book published in March 2010 the Companion to the Bench Book published in October 2011 and part II of the Companion, dealing with sentencing, published in January 2013. The main aim of this Compendium is to provide guidance on directing the jury in Crown Court trials and when sentencing, though it contains some practical suggestions in other areas, for example jury management, which it is hoped will be helpful. Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice and guidance.Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts.Pre-Application Judicial Education Programme (PAJE).

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