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Changes to fine levels for speeding
New sentencing guidelines for magistrates come into force on 24 April 2017 following their publication earlier this year.
One of the offences covered is speeding and ...
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New sentencing guidelines for magistrates come into force on 24 April 2017 following their publication earlier this year.
One of the offences covered is speeding and ...
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A new judicial member has been appointed to the Sentencing Council by the Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor. District Judge ...
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The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guidelines on sentencing intimidatory offences and domestic abuse.
Find out more about the consultation exercise.
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Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing two definitive guidelines, on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea.
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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: ...