Magistrates: Who Checks Their Decisions?

[meldrewlives]

Reading the various threads and not being at all familiar with the workings of the Magistrates Courts (and hoping to keep it that way) I was just wondering if the systme had any sort of control process which flagged up the 'weirder' decisions for review. And whether they get issued with examples of 'nonsenses to avoid' as part of the guidance they (presumably) receive?

[kenp]

Yes, in the first instance it is the law.
In the second instance it is the court clerk.
In the third instance it is the appeal process or Judicial Review.
Enough?

[Dwight VanDriver]

... plus the fact that there are regular conferences/meets etc when sentencing policies are brought to their attention from Attn. General and matter discussed and passed back to Att. General (not that he takes due note thereof),

DVD