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PRESS RELEASES –
New sentencing guidelines have been published today aiming to ensure a consistent, fair and proportionate approach to sentencing organisations or individuals convicted of corporate manslaughter, ...
OFFENCES
Triable either way
Maximum:
Offence range: £50 fine – £10 million fine
User guide for this ...
OFFENCES
Triable either way
Maximum: when tried on indictment: unlimited fine when tried summarily: unlimited fine
Offence range: £100 fine – £3 million fine
User ...
PUBLICATION – Case studies –
A case study intended to familiarise sentencers with the guideline and its step-by-step approach in relation to food safety and hygiene offences (individuals). This case study is for illustration only; each individual case must be sentenced according to the factors of that case.
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 23 October 2015.
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A – E F – M N – Z Fine – a financial punishment given for lower level crimes. The amount is set by the court after considering ...
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A – E F – M N – Z Open court – the majority of hearings in courts in England and Wales are held in open court whereby ...
PUBLICATION – Corporate reports –
Fifth annual report outlining activities from April 2014 to March 2015.
NEWS –
The Sentencing Council has published its fifth annual report outlining activities from April 2014 to March 2015.
The report details the Council’s work on ...
NEWS –
The Sentencing Council has today published its assessment of the impact and implementation of its assault guideline, under its statutory duty to monitor the operation ...