4 Important Guidelines Published by the Sentencing Council in 2023 - Webinar

Introduction

This webinar will deal with 4 Guidelines published by the Sentencing Council as follows:

• Miscellaneous Amendments to Guidelines - with effect from 1 April 2023
• 12 new Guidelines in relation to Road Traffic Offences - with effect from 1 July 2023
• Guidelines on Witness Intimidation - with effect from 1 October 2023
• Guidelines on Perverting the Course of Justice with effect from 1 October 2023

In an ideal world, you would be able to keep up to speed with all of these Guidelines but, in reality, you just simply do not have the time to read and assimilate the changes brought about by these documents.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The amendments made regarding disqualifications for those offenders having 12 or more points on their licence
• The amendments regarding Football Banning Orders
• The amendments concerning criminal damage
• The amendments dealing with the consideration of a mandatory minimum sentence - the test having been altered by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
• The amendments requiring the consideration of a life sentence for anyone convicted of manslaughter of an emergency worker acting in that capacity
• Guidelines for the first time ever in relation to driving or attempting to drive with specified drugs in your system above the permissible level - replacing the November 2016 ‘guidance’
• Guidelines for the first time ever in relation to being in charge of a motor vehicle with specified drugs in your system above the permissible level - replacing the November 2016 ‘guidance’
• New guidelines in relation to causing death by dangerous driving now that the maximum sentence has been increased for this offence from 14 years to discretionary life
• New guidelines in relation to causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs now that the maximum sentence has been increased from 14 years to life
• Guidelines for the first time ever on the relatively new offence of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving
• Guidelines as to how to arrive at the appropriate sentence when dealing with witness intimidation
• Guidelines as to how to arrive at the appropriate sentence when dealing with perverting the course of justice