PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Child cruelty: Consultation
A consultation paper on sentencing child cruelty. Closed 13 September 2017.
Do not retain this copy. Only the online version of a guideline is guaranteed to be up to date.
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A consultation paper on sentencing child cruelty. Closed 13 September 2017.
PRESS RELEASES –
Today, the Sentencing Council has published proposed new guidelines for sentencing offenders guilty of child cruelty. The guidelines cover three offences: cruelty to a child, ...
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
A bulletin explaining current sentencing practice for child cruelty offences to accompany the consultation.
NEWS –
The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guidelines on sentencing child cruelty.
Find out more about the consultation exercise.
Read the press release.
NEWS –
The revised guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have come into effect today (1 June 2017).
The ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 12 May 2017.
NEWS –
The revised guidelines in the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines have come into effect today (24 April 2017).
The online Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines are available here.
MCSG UPDATES –
The Sentencing Council is phasing out the single pdf version of the Magistrates’ Court sentencing guidelines. The pdf includes all the guidelines currently in force, along ...
NEWS –
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 ...
ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS –
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 ...