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The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on new sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of blackmail, kidnap or false imprisonment.
The proposed guidelines will ensure judges ...
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The Sentencing Council has published a statistical bulletin and data tables, explaining current sentencing practice for kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail. The format of the ...
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The Council has responded to recommendations made by the Justice Committee following the Committee’s inquiry into public opinion and understanding of sentencing. The Council has ...
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The Sentencing Council is consulting on proposed revisions to the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline
The proposed revisions reflect changes in legislation, developments in ...
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We have published a mid-year update to our Business Plan for 2023/24, which summarises changes to the published plan, in particular to the timing of ...
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The Council has published the findings of research conducted with sentencers and other legal professionals who use the online sentencing guidelines. In response to the ...
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Today, the Lord Chancellor has announced the appointment of Johanna Robinson as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council with experience of the promotion of ...
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Today, the Council has published data covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders for robbery (where this was the principal offence), and ...
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On 1 October 2023, two new guidelines from the Sentencing Council for sentencing offenders convicted of interfering with the administration of justice will come into ...
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On 13 September, the Council published a research roundup summarising some of the research work we have recently undertaken or commissioned. Our analysis and research ...