Fitness to be Tried in UK Law

  • Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1964
    ... ... is under a disability such as to constitute a bar to his being tried; to provide for an appeal against such a special verdict or a finding that ... of the accused, they may postpone consideration of the question of fitness to be tried until any time up to the opening of the case for the defence ... ...
  • Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1991
    ... ... such that apart from this Act it would constitute a bar to his being tried.(2) If, having regard to the nature of the supposed disability, the court ... of the accused, they may postpone consideration of the question of fitness to be tried until any time up to the opening of the case for the ... ...
  • Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 2004
    ... ... 17: Application by prosecution for certain counts to be tried without a jury ... (1) The prosecution may apply to a judge of the Crown ... 22: Procedure for determining fitness to plead: England and Wales ... (1) The Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act ... ...
  • The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 2020
    ... ... section 16B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(62) (Cases not tried in accordance with section 16A) or section 83 of that Act(63) (Process ... Court requires expert medical opinion about the defendant’s fitness to participate at trial, under section 4 of the Criminal Procedure ... ...
  • Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
    • Northern Ireland
    • January 01, 2016
    ... ... 204: Procedure where question of fitness to be tried arises ... (1) This section applies where, on the trial of a ... ...
  • Criminal Appeal Act 1968
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1968
    ... ... ’ Courts Act 1980 (certain offences against property to be tried summarily if value of property or damage is small) ... Annotations: ... Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 of the question of a person’s fitness to be tried, and F141there have beenF35findings that he is under a ... ...
  • The Criminal Procedure Rules 2015
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 2015
    ... ... the alleged offence must or may be tried in the Crown Court, ... the alleged offence is punishable with ... of criminal proceedings, including evidence required to determine fitness to plead or for the purpose of sentencing ... (1) An expert must help ... ...
  • Rules of Procedure (Air Force) (Second Amendment) Rules 1964
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1964
    ... ... (1) Where on the trial of a person the question of his fitness to be tried falls to be determined in accordance with the provisions of ... ...
  • Rules of Procedure (Army) (Second Amendment) Rules 1964
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1964
    ... ... under paragraph 4 of the said Schedule and that the accused shall be tried on the charge in that charge-sheet ... (a) 3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 18 ... (b) ... (1) Where on the trial of a person the question of his fitness to be tried falls to be determined in accordance with the provisions of ... ...
  • Road Traffic Act 1960
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1960
    ... ... Requirements as to physical fitness of drivers. 100 Requirements as to physical fitness of drivers ... (1) ... may be tried accordingly ... (2) The contraventions referred to in the foregoing ... ...
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