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PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of meeting: May 2015
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 15 May 2015.
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of meeting: April 2015
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 17 April 2015.
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Criminal Courts Charge
The Criminal Courts Charge no longer applies. The Charge was withdrawn from 24 December 2015.
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Other orders made on sentencing
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 –
New non-judicial member appointed to the Council
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 –
Dangerous dog offences: Consultation
A consultation paper on the sentencing of dangerous dog offences. Closed 9 June 2015.
PUBLICATION – Equality impact assessment –
Dangerous dog offences: Draft equality impact assessment
An equality impact assessment for the draft guideline on dangerous dog offences.
PRESS RELEASES –
Sentencing Council publishes new proposals for sentencing people convicted of dangerous dog offences
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 –
Dangerous dog offences: Analysis and research bulletin
A bulletin explaining current sentencing practice for dangerous dog offences describing the context in which the consultation proposals were made.