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This report will contain findings from the evaluation of the Sentencing Council’s intimidatory offences guidelines. This evaluation includes analysis of data from a data collection ...
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We are pleased that the Lord Chancellor has announced the reappointment of Richard Wright KC to the Sentencing Council for three years. Richard was appointed ...
The Council’s definitive guidelines for blackmail and kidnap and false imprisonment offences come into effect on 1 April along with a package of changes to ...
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The Sentencing Council remains of the view that its guideline, Imposition of community and custodial sentences, as drafted is necessary and appropriate. The Lord Chancellor ...
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The Sentencing Council has written to the Lord Chancellor in response to her letter of 20 March 2025 relating to the publication of the revised ...
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The Sentencing Council has written to the Lord Chancellor in response to her letter of 6 March 2025 relating to the publication of the revised ...
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One of the purposes of the revised Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline is to make sure that the courts have the most comprehensive ...
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The Council has published a significantly revised version of the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline.
The Imposition guideline sets out the guidance that magistrates ...
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The independent Sentencing Council has today published a significantly revised version of the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline.
The guideline sets out the principles ...
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The Council has published sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of motoring offences committed while driving vehicles without the owner’s consent.
The guidelines will come into effect ...