5 Mar 2025 | Archive
The Sentencing Council has today published a significantly revised Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline. This can be found here on our website. The Imposition guideline is one of the most important of all the Sentencing Council’s guidelines. It...
19 Feb 2025 | Archive
The Sentencing Council has published a package of new and revised motoring-related guidelines. These can be found here alongside the consultation response document, which sets out the changes the Council has made to the draft guidelines it consulted on in 2024. The...
14 Feb 2025 | Archive
The independent Sentencing Council has published two new guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of blackmail, kidnap or false imprisonment. The new guidelines are the first for these offences. They have been developed through consultation to help judges...
4 Feb 2025 | Archive
You can read the CLSA submission here and the CLSA Pilot Paper here
18 Dec 2024 | Archive
The Sentencing Council has published, in accordance with section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, a sentencing guideline for offences of strangulation and suffocation which will come into effect on 1 January 2025. This follows a consultation which took place...
15 Nov 2024 | Archive
Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board (CLAAB) annual report 2024 This is the first CLAAB annual report, prepared by the Chair and independent members of the CLAAB, and presented to the Lord Chancellor. The report sets out the CLAAB’s view of the criminal legal aid system...
14 Nov 2024 | Archive
Ministry of Justice, Legal Aid Agency and The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP – Published 14 November 2024 Criminal legal aid will be bolstered by £24 million, as part of government work to tackle crisis in the justice system and keep courts running • additional...
1 Nov 2024 | Archive
Dear all Please find here Guidance for legal practitioners on DAPO pilot – October 2024, and a Letter to legal profession bodies – DAPO pilot – October 2024 with details of the training event on 11 November, 12:30 – 14:00. As always, we would be...
24 Oct 2024 | Archive
If you have already obtained your Court ID Card which is due to expire on the 1st December 2024 you can renew it here
7 Oct 2024 | Archive
Richard Atkinson speech to CLSA conference
