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Sentencing Competition launched
The Sentencing Council’s first Sentencing Competition has now been launched.
An initial written round will take place in February, and the six highest scoring students will ...
Sentencing Competition launched
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Case Update
A first edition of the bi-monthly Case Update, aimed at legal professionals, is now available. This is an update of Court of Appeal cases for ...
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Justice Select Committee calls for views on draft guideline
Parliament’s Justice Select Committee is calling for contributions to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on its draft guideline on assault. They have set out a range ...
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Sentencing for assault: consultation launched on changes to judges’ guidelines
The Sentencing Council launched a 12 week consultation proposing changes to the guidelines that judges and magistrates use to sentence people for offences of assault.
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Sentencing Council launches courts survey
The Sentencing Council has launched the first survey of its kind to analyse the use of sentencing guidelines in Crown Courts.
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Today examines future changes in criminal justice system
The Today programme on Radio 4 is running a series of debates on the criminal justice system this week starting on Wednesday 22 September – ...
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Sentencing Council to launch courts survey
On 1 October, the Sentencing Council will be launching the first survey of its kind to analyse the use of sentencing guidelines in Crown Courts. ...
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Lord Justice Leveson discusses the work of the Sentencing Council on Law in Action
Lord Justice Leveson spoke to Joshua Rozenberg on the BBC’s Law in Action programme in his first broadcast interview as Chairman of the Sentencing Council.
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Judges told that justice is safe from ‘tramline’ sentencing
In an interview with The Times, Lord Justice Leveson has reassured judges that their independence and freedom to tailor sentences to particular cases is not ...