Guidance
Magistrates’ courts National Listing Guidance
Published 2026-10-20Last updated 2026-10-21
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The new national policy establishes a single consistent strategic guide to listing cases in magistrates’ courts across England and Wales.
The Magistrates’ courts National Listing Guidance supplements the Practice Direction and the Criminal Procedure Rules by setting out national expectations for listing practice in the magistrates’ courts in England and Wales.
The guidance covers national principles, case types and listing expectations.
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Other guidance whose text is closest in subject to this document, found by similarity of wording rather than by citation.
- National Listing Framework: A new approach to criminal listing2026-09-17
- New Practice Direction on Listing will support criminal courts to prioritise cases and reduce backlogs2026-09-08
- Administrative Court Listing Policy (updated June 2021)2022-07-20
- Guidance notes published to support new Practice Direction on Listing2026-10-20
- Commercial Court introduces new trial listing practice ahead of the publication of the 11th Edition of the Commercial Court Guide2022-07-20