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M2A Good character
Effective from: 01 October 2019 (revised 1 April 2024)
Care should be taken to avoid double counting factors including those already taken into account in assessing ...
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DROPPABLES –
Effective from: 01 October 2019 (revised 1 April 2024)
Care should be taken to avoid double counting factors including those already taken into account in assessing ...
DROPPABLES –
Effective from: 01 October 2019 (revised 1 April 2024)
Care should be taken to avoid double counting factors including those already taken into account in assessing ...
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Offence category Starting Point Range Negligent Category 1 High level community order Medium level community order or Band E fine – 26 weeks’ custody Category 2 Medium level community order Low level community order ...
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Offence category Starting Point Range Reckless Category 1 26 weeks’ custody High level community order or Band F fine – 12 months’ custody Category 2 High level community order Medium level community order or ...
PUBLICATION – Research report –
In the Sentencing Council’s strategic objectives for 2021-2026 we made a commitment to “explore how the Council’s expanded explanations are being interpreted and applied by sentencers in practice”. This qualitative research report reviews how selected aggravating and mitigating factors, and their accompanying expanded explanations, were identified and interpreted by the judges and magistrates who took part.
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The Council has published the findings of qualitative research conducted with magistrates and judges exploring selected aggravating and mitigating factors and their accompanying expanded explanations. ...
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2. Introduction 2.1. Background
The Sentencing Council for England and Wales was set up in April 2010 under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, to promote greater ...
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1. Summary 1.1. Background
The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has responsibility for developing sentencing guidelines, assessing the impact of the guidelines on sentencing practice, and ...
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Annex A: Aggravating and mitigating factors and their expanded explanations included in stage one of the research
Previous convictions, having regard to a) the nature of ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 1 March 2024.