criminal courts

• jurisdiction in mags - summary or tew - first hearing of indictable - youth court
• jurisdiction in crown - indictable offences - cases from mags - appeals
• summary - least serious - speeding
• indictable - most serious - rape - murder
• tew - theft - gbh
• pretrial tew - mags ask for plea - decison on go to crown
• pretrial summary - first appearance - could adjorn - or plea and set trial date
• pre trial - indictable - admin case in mags - move directly to crown