Crown court bench book sentencing project

There is no shortage of statements in influential books e. This new judicial studies board crown court benchbook was prepared by. Directions provide the guidance which goes into the judges charge to the jury to assist in deciding the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Crown court bench book directing the jury first supplement october 2011. As with the first part of the companion, the scope of. As the project has progressed, our admiration for our predecessors has just grown. Sentencing in england and wales refers to a bench of magistrates or district judge in a magistrates court or a judge in the crown court passing sentence. Having prepared the companion to the crown court bench book as a concise guide for recorders and judges who are preparing to sum up, particularly in shorter cases, we were invited to prepare a similar guide to sentencing. This bench book contains specimen directions for judges to give to the jury in crown court trials. Crown court compendium updated december 2019 courts.

By downloading the pdf version and opening the sentencing bench book you are agreeing. Judicial college crown court compendium on sentencing youth. Pccsa powers of criminal courts sentencing act 2000. Assuming that lesbians project a masculine appearance, so a woman who. The specimen directions to the jury in the crown court bench book published in march 2010. Crown court compendium part i june 2018 judicial college 12 12 preface june 2018 this edition of the compendium, and its sentencing companion, is the second to be issued since the retirement of sir david maddison, judge simon tonking and judge john wait, three quarters of the original writing team. The compendium is intended to replace all of the guidance previously provided by the judicial college and its predecessor the judicial studies board namely. The bench book is supplemented by national sentencing guidelines, checklists and pronouncement cards.

Ancillary orders crown court compendium, part ii sentencing, s7 step 8 reasons section 174 of the criminal justice act 2003 imposes a duty to give reasons for, and explain the effect of, the sentence. Sentencing bench book judicial commission of new south wales. Introduction to the crown court benchbook in the 1970s the judicial studies board began to publish specimen directions whose purpose was to assist trial judges preparing their legal directions to. From may 2019, we will be publishing on the website and the magistrates court app a log of minor changes that will allow users to track any amendments that have been made throughout the history of a guideline. The sentencing council has established a new process for recording minor revisions and corrections that are made to the digital guidelines and magistrates court explanatory materials.

Pdf sentencing hearings in english crown courts researchgate. It is used for reference at court and to support consistent training. Crown court compendium updated december 2019 courts and. In 2018, the law commission launched a project led by david ormerod qc that intends to produce a single. In relation to crown court proceedings, there is extensive guidance on. Directions to the jury in the crown court bench book published in march 2010. An experimental study of sentencing by magistrates jstor. The equal treatment bench book is a dynamic document. The first version of this sentencing compendium was published in may 2016.