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Sentencing Council: September 2025 - 26/09/2025 - 9:45 am - 4:30 pm ...

The Sentencing Council is currently collecting data on the guideline for Production of a controlled drug, effective from April 2021. You are being asked to complete this survey as part of the ...

For adults, almost all criminal cases start in the magistrates’ courts, where the magistrates will determine whether the case should be heard in a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. How ...

The Sentencing Council is currently collecting data on the recently enacted sentencing guideline for Common assault on an emergency worker, effective from July 2021. You are being asked to complete ...

On these pages you will find information about how sentencing works, such as what a sentence is, what it is for and how it is worked out. You can also find out about the Sentencing Council and how we ...