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Sentencing Council launches courts survey
The Sentencing Council has launched the first survey of its kind to analyse the use of sentencing guidelines in Crown Courts.
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Today examines future changes in criminal justice system
The Today programme on Radio 4 is running a series of debates on the criminal justice system this week starting on Wednesday 22 September – ...
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Sentencing Council to launch courts survey
On 1 October, the Sentencing Council will be launching the first survey of its kind to analyse the use of sentencing guidelines in Crown Courts. ...
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Lord Justice Leveson discusses the work of the Sentencing Council on Law in Action
Lord Justice Leveson spoke to Joshua Rozenberg on the BBC’s Law in Action programme in his first broadcast interview as Chairman of the Sentencing Council.
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Judges told that justice is safe from ‘tramline’ sentencing
In an interview with The Times, Lord Justice Leveson has reassured judges that their independence and freedom to tailor sentences to particular cases is not ...
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Appointments announced to Sentencing Council
The Lord Chancellor, Jack Straw, and Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, today announced the appointment of the new members of the Sentencing Council for England ...
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Lord Justice Leveson appointed as Chairman of the Sentencing Council
The Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, has offered the appointment as Chairman of the Sentencing Council to Lord Justice Leveson, ...