However, there are certain requirements that an officer must meet for the Court to grant a warrant, including:A suspect must be over 18 The offence must be an indictable offence (the more serious crimes are tried at the Crown Court) When a Court summons alone would not be good enough i....
As the name suggests, these are less serious than indictable offences, and are generally comparable to misdemeanors in the U.S. Click here to get a free consultation with the Law Firm of Campbell Cohen For the next part, you need to understand that there’s a differe...
It'sbecause all criminal cases will normally start off in the Local Court, no matter how serious they are. They will not all be finalised there, in fact some offences cannot be finalised in the local court – they must go up to a higher court. These are called 'strictly indictable offen...