NEWS –
Justice Select Committee - The Work of the Sentencing Council
Today (1 March 2016) the Chairman of the Sentencing Council, Lord Justice Treacy, updated the Justice Select Committee on the work of the Sentencing Council ...
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NEWS –
Today (1 March 2016) the Chairman of the Sentencing Council, Lord Justice Treacy, updated the Justice Select Committee on the work of the Sentencing Council ...
MCSG UPDATES –
The revised guideline for determining whether cases should be dealt with by magistrates’ courts or the Crown Court has come into effect today (1 March ...
NEWS –
The revised allocation guideline has come into effect today (1 March 2016).
The guideline is available here.
EXPLANATORY MATERIAL –
For offences committed on or after 13 April 2015, where a court imposes a disqualification in addition to a custodial sentence or a detention and ...
MCSG UPDATES –
We have now included a link to the Judicial College’s Equal Treatment Bench Book.
This is available under External Links on the left hand side.
ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS –
The principle that guilty pleas should be taken into account in sentencing is nothing new – Parliament has set this in law.
The purpose of reducing ...
BLOG –
The principle that guilty pleas should be taken into account in sentencing is nothing new – Parliament has set this in law. The purpose of ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A consultation paper on the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea. Closed 5 May 2016.
NEWS –
The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guideline for reduction in sentence for a guilty plea.
Find out more about the consultation exercise.
Read ...
PRESS RELEASES –
Today, the Sentencing Council has announced proposals to introduce stricter guidance for courts when they sentence offenders who have admitted their guilt.
A new draft guideline ...