2022 Publications

The Sentencing Council announced that following its first annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to its sentencing guidelines, amendments will come into effect to improve clarity and to reflect changes in legislation from 1 April 2022.  

The changes to be introduced include where a compensation order is available but not made, a court must give reasons for not doing so (section 55 Sentencing Code).

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This document describes good practice in interviewing victims and witnesses, and in preparing them to give their best evidence in court.  While it is advisory and does not constitute a legally enforceable code of conduct, practitioners should bear in mind that significant departures from the good practice advocated in it may have to be justified in the courts.

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