PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of meeting: April 2015
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 17 April 2015.
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PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 17 April 2015.
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The Criminal Courts Charge no longer applies. The Charge was withdrawn from 24 December 2015.
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The court is required by law to make some other orders. The most common order is the surcharge (sometimes referred to as the victim surcharge).
Courts ...
NEWS –
Today the Lord Chancellor has announced the appointment of Martin Graham as a new non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council. The appointment is for an ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A consultation paper on the sentencing of dangerous dog offences. Closed 9 June 2015.
PUBLICATION – Equality impact assessment –
An equality impact assessment for the draft guideline on dangerous dog offences.
PRESS RELEASES –
Today, the Sentencing Council has published proposals for how courts should sentence people convicted of dangerous dog offences. The proposals follow changes to the Dangerous ...
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
A bulletin explaining current sentencing practice for dangerous dog offences describing the context in which the consultation proposals were made.
NEWS –
The government has announced that from today magistrates will be able to give unlimited fines to offenders. This follows provisions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing ...
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The Council meets on a monthly basis (except for in February and August) to discuss matters relating to sentencing and guidelines. We publish minutes of ...