Sentencing seminar 2025
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Perspectives on Sentencing
You are invited to attend a one-day conference on Friday 10 January 2025 for criminal justice professionals and academics hosted by the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Academy.
The event will be held at the City Law School, Northampton Square, London EC1V 7HD.
Please register now to reserve your place.
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Timing |
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9:30 |
Registration and coffee |
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10:00 |
Welcome to the day Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, The City Law School |
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10:10 |
Opening remarks The Rt Hon Lord Justice William Davis, Chair of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales |
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10:25 |
Victims and sentencing Claire Waxman OBE, Victims’ Commissioner for London Chaired by Johanna Robinson, Sentencing Council member and National Advisor to the Welsh Government on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Panel discussion with Jo King JP, Sentencing Council member and magistrate, and Dr Jay Gormley, University of Glasgow |
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11:25 |
Session on the Sentencing Review Speaker to be confirmed Chaired by The Rt Hon Lord Justice William Davis, Chair of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales |
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12:25 |
Lunch |
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13:15 |
Research presentation: Research review on effectiveness of sentencing Dr Jay Gormley, University of Glasgow Chaired by Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, The City Law School |
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14:00 |
Sentence inflation: What are the solutions? Ollie Simpson, Office of the Sentencing Council Chaired by Professor Julian Roberts, K.C. (Hon.), Sentencing Academy and University of Oxford Panel discussion with Rob Allen, Independent Researcher |
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15:00 |
Tea break |
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15:20 |
The purposes of sentencing Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, The City Law School Chaired by Steve Wade, Head of Office of the Sentencing Council |
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16:20 |
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