GETTING COPIES OF COURT TRANSCRIPTS

You will need your court trancript if you are going to appeal.

You won't have automatically been given the transcript after your final hearing has ended. you have to apply to the court for it. I recommend everyone does that whether you are appealling or not it is always worth having a recording of everything that was said to use later.

THE TRANSCRIPT IS A COPY OF THE RECORDING OF EVERYTHING THE JUDGE SAID AND YOU SAID AND OTHERS SAID AT THE FINAL HEARING OR AT THE HEARING YOU aRe APPEALING. HOW TO APPLY FOR YOUR TRANSCRIPT.

Download and fill in form EX107 Order a transcript of court or tribunal proceedings

A guide can be found here. Ask for a written record (a transcript) of what was said at a hearing, trial or tribunal. Includes guidance note EX107GN.and read the guidance notes.

If you are on low income or on benefits download and send an ex105 filled in .From here... Also send a copy of your proof of benefits.

Add the case reference numbers to the application and send this with these together to the court that your case that you want to appeal was heard.

If you are appealing an order made by a curcuit judge you will need to appeal at the court of appeal in London. You will also need to get you’r transcript transcribed by a transcriber.

You will need to choose a transcriber to transcibe the judgement in full.

I recomend this company, Beverly Nunnery you can make direct contact with them and tell them what it is that you need. The cost of this varys if you arenot on low income or benefits, it is charged per word. Speak to the transcriber and let them know that you have put in the appliction and to expect this. They may discuss rates with you.

HOW LONG IT TAKES

You can choose how soon you’d like the transcript to arrive from the options on the form.

MEANWHILE GET IN YOUR APPLICATION YOU CAN SEND YOUR EVIDENCE AND BUNDLE AFTERWARDS, AS LONG AS YOUR APPLICATION IS AT THE COURT IN TIME YOU WILL BE FINE.

To some people’s surprise, not all court proceedings are recorded and/or transcribed. For example, no formal records of Magistrate Court hearings are kept. Obviously, the outcome of these hearings are detailed, but the actual proceedings cannot be replicated as they are recorded.

The original material (the shorthand notes, tape recordings, etc.) of any Crown Court trial belong to Ministry of Justice (MOJ). It is created and held by one of several Court Transcribing firms who are contracted by the MOJ.

You are entitled to apply to the reporting firm for a transcript (for which the reporting firm makes a commercial charge) provided you have obtained permission from the court concerned. The copyright in all transcripts remains with the Crown. The Crown gives blanket permission for copying and distribution of transcripts for any legitimate criminal justice function and/or for access to personal data.

If you wish to obtain a copy of a court case where you were the defendant, you should speak to the court concerned for details of how to go about this. Each court will be linked to a company that is responsible for transcribing at that court.

Please note: It is not possible to get a transcript of a hearing if the record of the hearing is no longer stored. Generally, records are only held for 5 years.

If you have previously had your case referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, they may be able to provide you with a copy of your court transcripts.