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Position Statements
The MA issues position statements in response to current issues
Position statements are listed in reverse date order, to view a position statement just click on the relevant title.
Knife Crime Prevention Orders August 2021
Unauthorised Encampments August 2021
Northamptonshire Review Panel Meetings August 2021
Legal Aid April 2021
Adult Court Committee Report on Covid March 2021
Single Justice Procedure March 2021
Justice in Wales March 2021
Judicial mandatory retirement age March 2021
Driving bans and exceptional hardship March 2021
Decriminalisation of non-payment of TV licences March 2021
Extending the jurisdiction of magistrates' courts February 2021
Turning 18 and the youth jurisdiction February 2021
The impact of Covid-19 on adult criminal courts February 2021
The impact of Covid-19 on family courts January 2021
The abolition of short custodial sentences_updated February 2020
Bradley Report - 10 years on June 19
Calls to ban sentencers imposing custody without a PSR June 19
Justice Committee follow-up report on the role of the magistracy June 19
Farmer Review on Women June 19
Drug testing as part of a review of a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement May 19
Magistrate sittings and competence April 19
Domestic Abuse Response and Draft Bill position statement January 19
Howard League report: Sentencing Young Adults September 18
Female Offender Strategy September 18
Transforming our Justice System Proposals September 2016