1. 33 & 34 Vict, c.52.
2. 9 & 10 Eliz. 2, c. 33.
3. Bennett v.Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court and another [1993] 3 All E.R. 138 (HL).
4. R. v.Crown Court at Derby, ex parte Brooks (1984) 80 Cr.App.Rep. 164 (D.C.).
5. R. v.Croydon Justices, ex parte Dean [1993] 3 All E.R. 129 (D.C.). Similar decision inChu Piu-Wing v.A.C. (1984) HKLR 411.