Banks on Sentence 2025

Why should you buy Banks On Sentence 2025

Used by judges, barristers and solicitors for sentencing matters in the Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court and Court of Appeal, Banks on Sentence provides a comprehensive guide to sentencing law.

Consolidated legislation, applicable sentencing guidelines, procedure rules, case law, commentary and maximum sentences all available through this comprehensive guide.

The 20th Edition includes:

• Fully updated to reflect amendments to the general maximum sentence in the magistrates’ court following summary conviction for either-way offences.
• Amended legislation concerning release arrangements and home detention curfew eligibility, serious disruption prevention orders, and piloting of amendments to various types of community sentence.
• New and updated sentencing guidelines, including definitive guidelines for Strangulation and Suffocation offences; kidnap and blackmail, aggravated vehicle taking, and new guideline material clarifying the impact of pregnancy, of childhood trauma and of employment or educational opportunity as mitigating factors.
• Latest authorities providing guidance on strangulation offences (a line of authorities following R v Cook), on Immigration Act 1971 s 24 and s 25 offences (authorities following R v Ginar), on murders involving use of a vehicle (R v Deeprose and Others), and a wide variety of other offence-specific guidance.