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The Sentencing Council guideline on imposition is effective in all courts from today, 1 February 2017. This clarifies that suspended sentences should be imposed only ...
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The Sentencing Council has published revised guidelines for offences in the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines.
The guidelines apply to all offenders aged 18 and older who ...
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The Sentencing Council has today published a research report by Natcen Social Research.
This examines the sentencing data available in magistrates’ courts to support the future ...
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Today the Sentencing Council is launching guidance for sentencing cases of ‘drug driving’. The guidance is to assist those sentencing offences of driving, attempting to ...
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The Sentencing Council has published the results of its analysis into the impact of its guidelines on environmental offences, introduced in 2014, on the types ...
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The Sentencing Council has published its sixth annual report outlining activities from April 2015 to March 2016.
The report details the Council’s work on guidelines covering: ...
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Today we began a programme of data collection for robbery offences in the Crown Court, as part of the Sentencing Council’s analysis and research strategy. ...
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Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing updated guidance for courts about the process that should be followed when deciding whether offenders should be given community ...
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The Sentencing Council has published an update to its published business plan.
The update summarises changes, in particular to the timing of the publication of consultations ...
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The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed sentencing guideline on bladed articles and offensive weapons offences.
Find out more about the consultation exercise.
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