Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS)
Her Majesty's Court Service (HMCS) is a national organisation which was created in April 2005 and has recently become part of the Ministry of Justice.
It supports the work of independent Judges and Magistrates who sit in Derbyshire to deal with all criminal cases brought either by the Crown Prosecution Service or other prosecuting authorities. A wide variety of cases, from murder to road traffic, are dealt with every day. The Crown Court sits in Derby and Magistrates' Courts are held in Buxton, Chesterfield, Derby and Ilkeston.