Sentencing Council welcomes new policing member
The Council is pleased to announce the interim appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon QPM by the Lord Chancellor, with the agreement of the Lord ...
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The Council is pleased to announce the interim appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon QPM by the Lord Chancellor, with the agreement of the Lord ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 12 May 2023.
NEWS –
The Council has today published updated sentencing guidelines for animal cruelty offences, following consultation.
The revised guidelines reflect the change in maximum penalty for the most ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A summary of the responses received to the consultation paper on animal cruelty offences.
PRESS RELEASES –
Updated sentencing guidelines for animal cruelty offences that reflect changes introduced by the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021, were published today by the Sentencing Council ...
PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
A resource assessment for the definitive revised guidelines for animal cruelty offences.
MCSG UPDATES –
Definitive sentencing guidelines for the sentencing of animal cruelty offences were published on 10 May 2023 and the online sentencing guidelines now contains these in ...
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
Data tables showing current sentencing practice for animal cruelty offences, to accompany the revised definitive guidelines.
NEWS –
The Sentencing Council has published data tables explaining current sentencing practice for animal cruelty offences.
This is in preparation for the launch of the Council’s revised animal ...
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Our 2023 data collection exercise has now closed (30 June).
We have collected some extremely useful data on assault, burglary, drugs, motoring and theft guidelines. We ...