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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, has offered the appointment as Chairman of the Sentencing Council to Lord Justice Leveson, ...