New guidelines are being proposed to help courts sentence rogue landlords for offences such as unlawful evictions that can ...
The Sentencing Council has rejected the Justice Secretary's demand to scrap new guidelines at the centre of a 'two-tier' row. In a letter to Shabana Mahmood, the chairman of the Sentencing Council ...
A fight is brewing in England over new sentencing guidelines that require judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity and faith before deciding whether to sentence them to jail. The guidelines, critics ...
The independent Sentencing Council has initiated a 12-week public consultation focused on developing a comprehensive set of ...
UK law does not require DNA for conviction. Once a jury finds guilt, sentencing rules leave judges little discretion on ...
LISTEN: Trump, Zelensky, the rise of Europe’s Far Right and what’s next for NATO – listen to Alas Vine & Hitchens wherever you get your podcasts.. The Sentencing Council is reportedly to bow to ...
Robert Jenrick fears new rules breach the principle that everyone should be treated equally under the law - Thomas Krych/Story Picture Agency The Tories will attempt to overturn new “two-tier justice” ...