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User testing of sentencing guidelines
The Council has published the findings of research conducted with sentencers and other legal professionals who use the online sentencing guidelines. In response to the ...
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The Council has published the findings of research conducted with sentencers and other legal professionals who use the online sentencing guidelines. In response to the ...
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Today, the Lord Chancellor has announced the appointment of Johanna Robinson as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council with experience of the promotion of ...
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Today, the Council has published data covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders for robbery (where this was the principal offence), and ...
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On 1 October 2023, two new guidelines from the Sentencing Council for sentencing offenders convicted of interfering with the administration of justice will come into ...
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On 13 September, the Council published a research roundup summarising some of the research work we have recently undertaken or commissioned. Our analysis and research ...
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Could you help us develop and monitor the Council’s sentencing guidelines? We are looking for judges and magistrates to join our research pool and take ...
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Today the independent Sentencing Council publishes its response to recommendations arising from the review of sentencing in domestic homicide cases.
The review, conducted by Clare Wade ...
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The Council’s third annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to guidelines opens today.
We are proposing a series of changes designed to bring greater clarity and consistency ...
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Today the Council has published a response to recommendations arising from the review of sentencing in domestic homicide cases.
The review made recommendations relating to the ...
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On 4 October 2023, the Council will be publishing data collected from the Crown Court covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders ...