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Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines 2024
What is this consultation about? The Sentencing Council has built up a large body of sentencing guidelines and accompanying materials that are in use in courts throughout England and Wales. Over time guidelines require updating because users have pointed out issues (often using the feedback function on all guidelines) or case law or new legislation may render aspects of guidelines out of date. The Council therefore holds an annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to... MoreCloses 27 November 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on contempt of court
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are conducting a review of the law on contempt of court and considering the need for reform to improve its effectiveness, consistency, and coherence. Our objective is to produce a law of contempt that is easier to understand, fairer, and that better protects the administration of justice. For more information about this project, see our project webpage . ... MoreCloses 29 November 2024 -
Ancillary Orders Consultation
Introduction What is this consultation about? The Sentencing Council currently provides guidance on ancillary orders in various places on our website as well as within offence specific guidelines (usually at step 6 or 7). Most of this guidance is aimed at magistrates’ courts. The Council is seeking to improve the consistency, accessibility and presentation of the current information and to provide more detailed guidance for both magistrates’ courts and... MoreCloses 4 December 2024 -
Access to Justice in relation to the Aarhus Convention: call for evidence
The UK is one of 47 Parties to the Aarhus Convention, an international treaty under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The Convention sets out obligations on Parties to make provisions for the public to access environmental information, to participate in environmental decision-making and to access justice when challenging environmental decisions. One of the Convention’s core aims is to ensure access to justice in environmental matters. The Convention’s... MoreCloses 9 December 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on co-operative and community benefit societies
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We have been asked to review the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 to ensure that it is fitting to the needs of societies, and that regulation is proportionate and effective. For more information about this project, please visit: https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/co-operatives-and-community-benefit-societies/ . We recommend that consultees read the consultation paper before... MoreCloses 10 December 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on burial and cremation
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are consulting on provisional proposals for reform to burial and cremation law. That includes provisional proposals relating to grave reuse and reclamation, regulation of burial grounds, and aspects of cremation law relating to ash remains, among other issues. For more information about this project, click here . We recommend that... MoreCloses 9 January 2025 -
Law Commission consultation on disabled children's social care law
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We have been asked to review the legal framework governing social care for disabled children in England to ensure that the law is fair, modern and accessible, allowing children with disabilities to access the support they need. For more information about this project, please visit our web page here . We recommend that consultees read the full consultation paper, available here, before responding to the... MoreCloses 20 January 2025 -
Law Commission of England and Wales: your ideas for law reform
Please use this questionnaire to tell us where you think there is a significant problem with the law. We want to know what you think is wrong and what practical problems arise. Please give us as much information as you can, even if you cannot answer all the questions. MoreCloses 31 December 2050
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