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New judicial appointment to the Sentencing Council
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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Public confidence in sentencing and the criminal justice system
We have published a report of research carried out to help the Council better understand public attitudes towards, and understanding of, sentencing and the criminal ...
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Expanded explanations in guidelines
Judges and magistrates across England and Wales will have access to expanded explanations embedded in offence specific guidelines. The expanded explanations add extra information to ...
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General guideline for offences without specific guidelines
Judges and magistrates across England and Wales hand down sentences to over 1 million offenders a year for criminal offences. To make sure that there ...
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New General Guideline and Expanded Explanations published by Sentencing Council
Judges and magistrates in criminal courts across England and Wales will have a new General guideline for sentencing offences that are not covered by a ...
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Sentencing Council Annual Report 2018/19
The Sentencing Council has published its ninth annual report outlining activities from April 2018 to March 2019.
The report is Lord Justice Holroyde’s first report as ...
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Reappointment of Council member Rosina Cottage QC
We are pleased that the Secretary of State for Justice has announced the reappointment of Rosina Cottage QC to the Sentencing Council for three years. ...
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New definitive guidelines for arson and criminal damage offences published today
Today we have published new sentencing guidelines for arson and criminal damage offences that will see the courts take full account of the harm caused ...
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Courts to take account of total impact of crime in new arson guidelines
New sentencing guidelines that will see the courts take full account of the harm caused by offences such as arson attacks on historic buildings or ...
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Revisions and corrections to the digital guidelines
The Council has established a new process for recording minor revisions and corrections that are made to the digital guidelines.
From 29 May, we will be ...