1970-1975: The provision of legal services in the city of Birmingham
Richard White, Jim Whettob, Lee Bridges, Brenda Sufrin
The first volume of results, entitled Legal Services in Birmingham, was published by the Institute in April/May 1975. The concluding chapter examined the implication of the research for the future provision of legal services. A second volume was published in 1975.
1970-1971: Bail
Undergraduate students, Professor Ian Scott
1970-1973: Arbitration
John Constable
Much interest in arbitration as an alternative method of settling disputes.
1970-1971: Appeals to Quarter Sessions in Criminal Cases
Professor Ian Scott
Article was referred to during the House of Lord's debates on the Courts Bill in December 1970.
1970-1972: Court Buildings
Malcolm Booth
A consultative memorandum on court design was circulated by Lord Chancellor's Office in October 1971. It represented the initial conclusions of a Joint Working Party set up by the Lord Chancellor's office, the Home Office, and the Department of the Environment.
1971-1972: The Crown Court
Professor Ian Scott
The resulting book was by Butterworth's in May 1972. It included an annotated text of the Courts Act 1971 as well as of the Crown Court Rules 1971, the various practice directions issued under the Act by the Lord Chancellor and by the Lord Chief Justice, and the addresses and telephone numbers of all Crown Courts and their offices.
1971-1973: Magistrates' Court
John Lambert
1972-1973: Justice and Journalism
Majories Jones, Neville Brown and W.E. Cavenagh
1972-1972: Pilot Study: County Courts and Small Claims
Neville Turner
1972: Family Courts
Neville Turner
Paper containing comment and recommendations was submitted to the Law Commission in April 1972
1972-1973: Role of Magistrates in the Crown Court
G.N. Hawker
1973-1974: Industrial Tribunals
G.N. Hawker and K.R. Whitsides
This work was published in the Modern Legal Studies series of Sweet and Maxwell Ltd
1973: The Active Functions of Judges in England
Director
1973: The Accused's Right of Compensation for Detention Prior to Acquittal
Professor Ian Scott
1973: The Distribution of Criminal Business between the Crown Court and Magistrates' Court
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice James and a committee
1973-1975: The Impact of the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1972
Richard White and Ian Johnson
1973: Legal Aid in Tribunals
Richard White
Paper submitted to Lord Chancellor's legal Aid Advisory Committee in September 1973
1973: Pilot Study: West Indian Defendants in the Magistrates Court
J Jarrett
Findings are being used in the study of legal services in Birmingham and in the development of proposals for further research
1973-1976: Structure Plan Examinations in Public
L.T. Bridges, J.D. Stewart, J. Dunlop, C. Viewlba and P.A. Eddison
1974-1978: Contested Trials in the Crown Court
Professor John Baldwin and Michael McConville
Some of the authors' predictions were used in a separate report, entitled Negotiated Justice, which dealt specifically with the cases of 150 defendants who pleaded guilty shortly before trail, often following some kind of informal plea negotiation. This was published by Martin Robertson in 1977
1974: The Compulsory Training in Magistrates
Professor John Baldwin
Results submitted to the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Training of Magistrates
1974: Membership of Boards of Visitors
It was hoped to publish a Report of this research later in 1975
1977: Negotiated Justice published
Professor John Baldwin and Michael McConville
Media controversy, heated parliamentary debate and an internal enquiry by the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Lord Hunter.
Throughout the 1970s:
- The outcome of jury trials, John Baldwin and Michael McConville
- The exercise of prosecutorial discretion
- The negotiation of guilty pleas
- Police interrogation
- Advance disclosure of prosecution evidence
- Child witnesses
- Delays in processing cases
- The right to silence
- The provision of legal advice in police stations
- And the administration of legal services.