Sentencing

The High Court of Justiciary has approved a new sentencing guideline developed by the Scottish Sentencing Council aimed at increasing public knowledge and understanding of the sentencing process ...

New research carried out on behalf of the Scottish Sentencing Council has found a lack of awareness over the offences created by the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 and ...

The Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway has appointed Sheriff Iain Fleming of the sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin to become the new sheriff member on the Scottish ...

Lesley Weber has been appointed to the Scottish Sentencing Council as its new victims expert member. Ms Weber, who is the head of effective practice at the ...

The Scottish Sentencing Council has today published two reports: on sentence discounting and environmental and wildlife crime. Sentence discounting is the term commonly given to the practice ...

The Lord Justice General has appointed Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull and Matt Jackson QC to fill vacant positions on the Scottish Sentencing Council. Sheriff Principal Turnbull replaces ...

Guidance on sentencing young people, with rehabilitation at its heart, has been given strong support by the Faculty of Advocates – but with a warning that the ...

The high rate of life imprisonment in Scotland is driven by both increased punitiveness and attempts to reduce the risk that serious crime poses to society, according ...

Members of the public are being invited to give their views on a new sentencing guideline which states that rehabilitation should be a primary consideration when young ...

Sentencing should take account of compelling evidence that the brain does not fully mature until at least the age of 25, according to a review of research ...

Two new members have been appointed to fill vacant positions on the Scottish Sentencing Council. Dr Hannah Graham has been appointed as a lay member of the ...

A draft guideline on sentencing has been hailed by the Faculty of Advocates as “concise and easy to understand” and a benefit to the public. The sentencing ...

Fifty-six per cent of people think sentencing in Scotland is too lenient, according to a survey published by the Scottish Sentencing Council. Ipsos MORI conducted a 15-minute ...

Members of the public are being invited to give their views on a new sentencing guideline setting out the steps taken by courts in making sentencing decisions, ...

The Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (SSC) is delighted to announce that Esther Roberton, author of Fit For The Future, the report of ...