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Sentencing Council Business Plan 2024/25
Today we have published our Business Plan for 2024/25, setting out the work the Council aims to undertake in the year to March 2025 to ...
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Official statistics pre-announcement: Bladed articles and offensive weapons guideline evaluation and data release
This report will contain findings from an assessment of the impact and implementation of the Bladed articles and offensive weapons offences ...
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Improvements to the online magistrates’ court sentencing guidelines
The Sentencing Council has made a series of improvements to the online magistrates’ court sentencing guidelines to make it easier for users to find relevant ...
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Draft sentencing guideline for non-fatal strangulation and suffocation published for consultation
The Sentencing Council is consulting on a new sentencing guideline for two new offences – non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation.
The proposed guideline will ensure judges ...
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Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation offences: proposed sentencing guideline published
A draft sentencing guideline for sentencing offenders convicted of non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation offences in courts across England and Wales, was published for consultation ...
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Publication of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation statistical bulletin
The Sentencing Council has published a statistical bulletin and data tables, setting out current sentencing practice for non-fatal strangulation and suffocation offences.
This is in preparation for ...
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Sentencing Council welcomes new judicial member
Her Honour Judge Amanda Rippon has been appointed to the Sentencing Council by the Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor.
Amanda was ...
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Miscellaneous amendments 2023 come into effect
Changes made to a number of sentencing guidelines in response to the Council’s 2023 miscellaneous amendments consultation came into effect on 1 April 2024,
The amendments, ...
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Sentencing pregnant women and new mothers
From 1 April 2024, the Council is including a new, dedicated mitigating factor: ‘Pregnancy, childbirth and post-natal care’, in the majority of offence specific sentencing ...
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Consultation on proposed sentencing guidelines for immigration offences
The Sentencing Council is consulting on the first ever sentencing guidelines for immigration offences. The guidelines reflect legislative changes to the Immigration Act 1971 brought ...