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Courts issued with new guideline for sentencing drug offenders
Today the Sentencing Council has published a new definitive guideline on drug offences.
It will bring sentencing guidance together for the first time to help to ...
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New sentencing proposals for dangerous dog offences - public consultation launched
New proposals about how the owners of dangerous dogs should be sentenced by the courts are being announced today, with the launch of a public ...
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Victims central to new guideline for the sentencing of burglars
Today the Sentencing Council is publishing a new definitive guideline for the sentencing of burglars.
The guideline reinforces current sentencing practice, which means that offenders burgling ...
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Sentencing Council launches consultation on draft guidelines on totality, offences taken into consideration and allocation
The Sentencing Council is seeking views on its proposed sentencing guidelines on three overarching aspects of sentencing: totality, offences taken into consideration and allocation, with ...
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Victims central to new proposals for the sentencing of burglars
Today, the Sentencing Council is launching a three-month public consultation on its proposals to introduce a new guideline for judges and magistrates on the sentences ...
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Sentencing for drugs offences – public consultation launched on new guideline for judges
Today, the Sentencing Council is launching a three-month public consultation on its proposals to introduce a new guideline for judges and magistrates for the sentencing ...
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Sentencing Council launches new definitive guideline for assault offences.
Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing a new guideline for judges and magistrates.
It aims to ensure a consistent and proportionate approach to sentencing, with convicted ...
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Revising the sentencing guideline on assault – reminder to contribute to consultation
With the consultation on the Sentencing Council’s revised guideline on assault due to close on 5 January 2011, Council chairman Lord Justice Leveson is keen ...
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Sentencing for assault: consultation launched on changes to judges’ guidelines
Today the Sentencing Council launches a 12-week public consultation, proposing changes to the guidelines that judges and magistrates use to sentence people for offences of ...
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Appointments announced to Sentencing Council
The Lord Chancellor, Jack Straw, and Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, today announced the appointment of the new members of the Sentencing Council for England ...