The Sentencing Council has refused a request from the Lord Chancellor to change guidance that prompted a row over “two-tier ...

The Sentencing Council changed guidance to judges and magistrates to advise they get a pre-sentence report for criminals from ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood met with the Sentencing Council chairman Lord Justice William Davis to discuss the guidelines (PA) The Sentencing Council has refused a request from the Lord ...

Justice Secretary Ms Mahmood met Sentencing Council chairman Lord Justice William Davis and set out in a letter that Government policy opposes “differential treatment” based on race or ...

In setting out the changes, Sentencing Review body chair Lord Justice William Davis said the reforms reflected evidence of disparities in sentencing outcomes, disadvantages faced within the ...

The Sentencing Council has refused a request from the Lord Chancellor to change guidance that prompted a row over “two-tier justice”. Shabana Mahmood said “all options were on the table ...

Lord Justice William Davis has rebuffed demands to change ‘two-tier’ guidelines However, in reply, Lord Justice Davis, the chairman of the council, refused to do so, saying only that it would ...

Shabana Mahmood met with Chairman of the Sentencing Council, Lord Justice William Davis, and set out in a letter that the government policy opposes “differential treatment” based on race or ...

In a letter to Lord Justice William Davis, chairman of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, Ms Mahmood said she was considering whether policy decisions such as this should be made by the ...