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New head of the Office of the Sentencing Council appointed
Claire Fielder, currently Private Secretary to the Lord Chief Justice on criminal justice matters, has been appointed as the new head of the Office of ...
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Claire Fielder, currently Private Secretary to the Lord Chief Justice on criminal justice matters, has been appointed as the new head of the Office of ...
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The Sentencing Council has published its fourth annual report outlining activities from April 2013 to March 2014.
The report details the Council’s work on guidelines covering: sexual ...
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The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guidelines for judges to use when sentencing people for robbery.
Read the press release.
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
A bulletin explaining current sentencing practice for robbery describing the context in which the consultation proposals were made.
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A consultation paper on the sentencing of robbery. Closed 23 January 2015.
PUBLICATION – Equality impact assessment –
An equality impact assessment for the draft guideline on robbery.
PUBLICATION – Corporate reports –
Fourth annual report outlining activities from April 2013 to March 2014.
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Following a period of training and implementation the definitive guideline on fraud, bribery and money laundering offences came into effect on 1 October 2014.
PUBLICATION – Case studies –
A case study intended to familiarise sentencers with the guideline and its step-by-step approach in relation to confidence fraud. This case study is for illustration only; each individual case must be sentenced according to the factors of that case.
PUBLICATION – Crown Court Sentencing Survey –
Fraud, bribery and money laundering offences Crown Court Sentencing Survey (CCSS) form. All judges (or other sentencers) sitting in the Crown Court should complete a form every time a sentence is passed.