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Research roundup
On 13 September, the Council published a research roundup summarising some of the research work we have recently undertaken or commissioned. Our analysis and research ...
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Join the Council’s research pool
Could you help us develop and monitor the Council’s sentencing guidelines? We are looking for judges and magistrates to join our research pool and take ...
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Sentencing Council responds to the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review
Today the independent Sentencing Council publishes its response to recommendations arising from the review of sentencing in domestic homicide cases.
The review, conducted by Clare Wade ...
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Consultation on miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines
The Council’s third annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to guidelines opens today.
We are proposing a series of changes designed to bring greater clarity and consistency ...
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Sentencing Council responds to the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review
Today the Council has published a response to recommendations arising from the review of sentencing in domestic homicide cases.
The review made recommendations relating to the ...
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Robbery: data release pre-announcement
On 4 October 2023, the Council will be publishing data collected from the Crown Court covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders ...
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Sentencing Council: Annual Report 2022/23
We have published our annual report for 2022/23.
The report is Lord Justice William Davis’s first as Chairman of the Sentencing Council, and it documents the ...
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Sentencing guidelines for perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences published
The Sentencing Council has published two new guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences in England and ...
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Perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences: sentencing guidelines published
Two new guidelines for sentencing people convicted of interfering with the administration of justice in England and Wales were published today by the Sentencing Council following ...
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Publication of perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation data tables
The Sentencing Council has published data tables showing current sentencing practice for perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences.
This is in preparation for the launch ...