Setting the scene -- The role of the criminal procedure rules -- Preliminaries to court appearance -- Prosecutors -- The decision to prosecute -- Magistrates and their courts -- Bail and remands -- Mode of trial -- Disclosure -- Course of a summary trial -- Trial of juveniles -- Committal for sentence -- Sending cases to the crown court -- The crown court -- The indictment -- Pre-trial proceedings -- Pleas -- The jury -- Judge-only trials -- The course of the trial -- The verdict -- Procedure before sentencing -- Determining the sentence -- Custodial sentences -- Sentences other than custody -- Appeals from the crown court -- Appeals from the magistrates' courts -- The european dimension -- Ancillary financial matters -- Your practice