PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines: consultation 2022
Consultation paper on miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines. Closed on 30 November 2022.
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this form – it is greatly appreciated by the Sentencing Council. We are currently collecting data on ...
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Understanding how sentencing guidelines are used
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The Council is undertaking research into how judges, magistrates and legal advisers access and use sentencing guidelines. The aim of the research ...
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Bladed articles and offensive weapons - possession - for consultation only
Draft guideline for consultation only. Draft guidelines should not be taken into account when sentencing.
Possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, Prevention ...
NEWS –
Reappointment of non-judicial member of the Council
The Council welcomes the reappointment of Diana Fawcett as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council with specific responsibility for promoting the welfare of victims ...
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Appointment of non-judicial member to the Council
We welcome the appointment of Richard Wright QC as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council from 1 August 2022 for a period of 3 ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Child cruelty offences: Consultation
A consultation paper on a revision to sentencing guidelines for child cruelty offences. Closes on 27 October 2022.
NEWS –
Draft sentencing guidelines for child cruelty offences published
The Council is consulting on updated sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of child cruelty offences in England and Wales.
The draft guidelines update the existing guidelines, ...
PRESS RELEASES –
Child cruelty offences: Proposed sentencing guidelines published
Plans to update sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of child cruelty offences including causing or allowing death or serious injury, or neglect in England and ...
OFFENCES
Cruelty to a child – assault and ill treatment, abandonment, neglect, and failure to protect - for consultation only
Draft guideline for consultation only. Draft guidelines should not be taken into account when sentencing.
Triable either way
Maximum: 14 years’ custody for offences ...