Updates

Today the Sentencing Council is launching guidance for sentencing cases of ‘drug driving’. The guidance is to assist those sentencing offences of driving, attempting to ...

The Sentencing Council has published today (25 October 2016) updated guidance for courts about the process that should be followed when deciding whether offenders should ...

The online version of the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines has been updated as the revised sentencing guidelines on dangerous dog offences have come into force ...

An offline version of the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines has been developed to ensure that the guidelines are accessible even if wifi is unavailable in ...

We have provided a new fines calculator.  This has been updated to take account of changes to surcharge values, and provides users with the option ...

The victim surcharge has been increased for offences committed on or after 8 April 2016.  Details can be found in the explanatory materials.

A definitive sentencing guideline for health and safety offences was published on 17 March and the MCSG now contains these guidelines in a purple colour ...

The revised guideline for determining whether cases should be dealt with by magistrates’ courts or the Crown Court has come into effect today (1 March ...

We have now included a link to the Judicial College’s Equal Treatment Bench Book.

This is available under External Links on the left hand side.

The Adult Court Pronouncement Cards have been updated to reflect the removal of the Criminal Courts charge.  The Judicial College has also developed this document to ...