Glossary

Release of a defendant from custody, until his/her next appearance in Court, subject sometimes to security being given and/or compliance with certain conditions

Bailiffs and enforcement officers are people authorised to remove and sell possessions in order to pay the money a debtor owes to a person or an organisation. They may also conduct evictions, and arrest people.

A bailiff can also serve (deliver) court documents on people

Insolvent - unable to pay creditors and having all goods/effects administered by a liquidator or trustee and sold for the benefit of those creditors; as a result of an order under the Insolvency Act 1986

The collective term for barristers

A member of the bar: a lawyer entitled to represent clients in all the courts

A warrant issued by the judge for an absent defendant to be arrested and brought before a Court

A written statement of the charges against a defendant sent for trial to the Crown Court, and signed by an officer of the Court

In the Crown Court or (more usually) the Magistrates Court, and signed by an officer of the Court

An order which requires the defendant to return to Court on an unspecified date for sentence. Failure to observe this order may result in a forfeit or penalty to be enforced

A binding decision is one that must be obeyed by the people concerned. For example, it is not possible to go to court after a binding decision has been issued by an arbitrator

Written instructions to counsel to appear at a hearing on behalf of a party prepared by the solicitor and setting out the facts of the case and any case law relied upon

See Northampton Bulk Centre

Premises or place from which business activities take place