The Court of Appeal was the authority on sentencing guidelines until the Sentencing Guidelines Council was set up in the wake of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
The Sentencing Guidelines Council published a compendium of guideline judgments in March 2005. You can download a PDF version here. To download the document, you may first need to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat reader.
New cases have recently been added to the database. The first update was issued in November 2005. View first update. The second update was issued in June 2006. View second update.
The third update was issued in April 2007. View third update.
Note on changes to the third update to the compendium.
The fourth update was issued in July 2008. View fourth update.
The database below contains the cases included in the original compendium and is updated up to May 2008. For the most recent authorities, please refer to the fourth update published in July 2008 above. A fully revised and updated version of the compendium and database will be published shortly.
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Dangerous Offenders
On 14th July 2008, the dangerous offender provisions in the 2003 Act are amended as a result of the implementation of relevant provisions in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. The Guide for Sentencers and Practitioners issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council in September 2007 as an addendum to its Guideline Judgments Compendium has also been amended. The Guide brings together the statutory provisions and relevant case law for the assistance of both the judiciary and practitioners: it is not a Council guideline. As well as incorporating the effect of the new provisions into the text, a new Annex F reproduces sections 225-229 of the 2003 in amended form, including the new schedule 15A. A brief summary of the effect of the new provisions is also included for ease of reference.
Dangerous Offenders – Guide for Sentencers and Practitioners
