10 Mar 2023 | Archive
The Sentencing Council has today published a response to the second annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines. The response document sets out the changes that will be made to guidelines on the Sentencing Council website...
7 Mar 2023 | Archive
The Sentencing Council has today published revisions to the sentencing guidelines for child cruelty offences which will come into effect on 1 April 2023. This follows consultation between August and October last year. The revised guidelines reflect the recent changes...
2 Mar 2023 | Archive
TLS press release 1st March 2023 The fight for fair funding for criminal defence solicitors will go to the High Court after the government rejected the Law Society of England and Wales’ offer of mediation to resolve the issue. “The government has failed to...
17 Feb 2023 | Archive
Press Release From: Ministry of Justice, HM Courts & Tribunals Service, and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Published 17 February 2023 Nightingale Courts across England and Wales are being kept open for another year to reduce waiting times and deliver swift justice for...
15 Feb 2023 | Archive
The Sentencing Council has today published, in accordance with section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, sentencing guidelines for the offence of sale of knives etc to persons under 18 which will come into effect on 1 April 2023. This follows a consultation in...
11 Jan 2023 | Archive
The Sentencing Council has published the findings of research designed to identify and analyse any potential for the Council’s work to cause disparity in sentencing outcomes across demographic groups. The research, conducted by the University of Hertfordshire to...
21 Dec 2022 | Archive
THE JANUARY CHANGES TO THE CYBER ESSENTIALS SCHEME REFLECT THE CHANGING CYBER THREATS IN TODAY’S DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
30 Nov 2022 | Archive
Response to Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
16 Nov 2022 | Archive
Daniel Bonich, CLSA Chair, Kerry Morgan, CLSA Hon Secretary and Richard Miller head of Justice at the Law Society gave evidence this afternoon to the Justice Select Committee inquiring into Legal Aid....
10 Nov 2022 | Archive
The position of criminal legal aid firms remains dire. Years after the commencement of the Criminal Legal Aid Review, and a year after the government-commissioned report recommended an immediate and minimum 15% increase in fees for solicitors firms as a bare minimum...
