MCSG UPDATES –
New guidelines on firearms offences – 1 January 2021
Definitive sentencing guidelines for the sentencing of firearms offences were published on 9 December 2020 and the online sentencing guidelines now contains these in a ...
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MCSG UPDATES –
Definitive sentencing guidelines for the sentencing of firearms offences were published on 9 December 2020 and the online sentencing guidelines now contains these in a ...
PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
A resource assessment for the definitive Firearms offences guidelines.
NEWS –
Today, the Council is launching eight new sentencing guidelines to be used by the Crown Court and magistrates’ courts in England and Wales when sentencing ...
PRESS RELEASES –
Eight new guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of firearms offences ranging from the unlawful possession of weapons to manufacturing illegal guns have been published by ...
NEWS –
The Sentencing Council has published data tables detailing recent sentencing trends for firearms offences. This is in preparation for the launch of the Council’s Firearms ...
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
Data tables showing current sentencing practice to accompany the definitive Firearms offences guidelines, and a note detailing some additional tables that are being included for the first time.
ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS –
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Sentencing Council in April 2020, the Chairman of the Council, Lord Justice Holroyde, published an article looking back ...
NEWS –
The Sentencing Code comes into effect today in England and Wales, consolidating existing sentencing procedure law into a single Act. Chairman Lord Justice Holroyde said:
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On 1 December 2020 the Sentencing Code came into effect in England and Wales, consolidating existing sentencing procedure law into a single Sentencing Act.
The Code ...
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These three short leaflets help explain how certain serious offences are sentenced. The Council produced the leaflets in partnership with the Family Liaison and Disaster ...