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17.11.20
Streamlined Sentencing Code to be introduced
A new Sentencing Code introduced by the Sentencing Act 2020 will come into force on 1 December 2020. The new Code will simplify and consolidate over 1,000 pages of current law and procedure that Magistrates and Judges have to apply when sentencing a defendant. The aim of the Sentencing Code is to make the process…
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Streamlined sentencing code proposed
In July 2017, the Law Commission published a draft Sentencing Code for public consultation. The consultation period ended on 26 January 2018 and the findings are currently awaited. The main criticisms, and in turn the driving factors for the new Code, are that the current laws lack ‘coherence and clarity’. The Law Commission state that…
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