Other Documents

Attorney-General's References

• Attorney-General's guidelines on plea discussions in cases of serious or complex fraud click here
• Attorney-General's statement 2010 (half way down the page) click here

• Attorney-General Statistics 2008 click here
• Unduly lenient sentences Statistics 2001 - 2009 click here
• Unduly lenient sentences Statistics 2001 - 2008 More detail click here

ASBOs

• Magistrates' Courts (Anti-Social Behaviour Orders) Rules 2002 click here
• JSB ASBO Training guide click here
• ASBO Guidance for judiciary (3rd edition) click here
• ASBO Guidance for judiciary (First supplement for 3rd edition) click here
• ASBO Home Office guide click here
• ASBO Application form click here
• CPS Guidance for Breach of ASBO click here
• Breach of protective order click here
• Home Secretary's speech 28 July 2010 click here

Cases

• Gelfmann v France 2003 click here
• Price v UK 1996 click here

Compensation orders: Motor vehicles exception

• Motor Insurers' Bureau Agreement 2003 click here
• Uninsured Agreement 1999 with notes (2002 version) click here

The Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction

• Part I Practice Directions of General Application click here
• Part II Further Directions applying in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) click here
• Part III Further Directions applying in the Crown Court and Magistrates' Courts click here
• Part IV Further Directions applying in the Crown Court click here
• Part V Further Directions applying in the Magistrates' Courts click here
• Annex A List of Practice Directions, Practice Notes and Practice Statements included in this Consolidation click here
• Annex B List of Practice Directions, Practice Notes and Practice Statements not included in this Consolidation, but no longer applicable in Criminal Proceedings click here
• Annex C Explanations for the Imposition of Custodial Sentences: Forms of Words click here
• Annex D Criminal Procedure Rules: list of forms and their related rule numbers (October 2011) click here
• Annex E List of case management forms (Part 3 of the Criminal Procedure Rules) click here
• Annex F Listing click here

Court of Appeal

• Guide to Commencing Proceedings in the Court of Appeal click here
• Standard table to be included in grounds click here

Criminal Procedure Rules

• Criminal Procedure Rules 2011 (in force 3 October 2011) full document PDF click here
• Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011 (in force 2 April 2012) click here
• Criminal Procedure Rules 2011 Ministry of Justice index with PDF and Word documents for each rule click here

Crown Prosecution Service

• Legal Guidance: TICs click here

Department for Transport

• Practice Direction No. 3: Driver Conduct click here

Directions

• 2011 Costs Practice Direction click here

Drink driving

• Drink and Drug Driving Law, North Report click here

Environmental material

• Costing the Earth 2009 click here

FSA

• See the FSA tab

Judicial material

• Adult Bench Book click here

Judicial Studies Board (now Judicial College) Equality Treatment Book

• Contents click here
• Preface click here
• Equality and justice click here
• Race and justice click here
• Beliefs click here
• Children click here
• Disability click here
• Women click here
• Sexual orientation click here

National Offender Management Service

• Guidance for Court Officers Report Writers and Offender Managers click here

National Probation Service

• Probation Circular 2007 click here
• Pre-sentence Report Decision Tool Paper click here

Pre-Sentence Reports, Instructions how to write

• Circular click here
• Targeting guidance click here

Prison Rules\Intructions\Orders

• PSI\16\2010 Click here

Reports

• Corston Report Part 1 click here
• Corston Report Part 2 click here
• Corston Report Summary click here
• Corston Report The Annexes click here
• Professor Nutt and Colin Blakemore's report published in the Lancet. The Times 23/03/07, click here

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups

• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated activity, Miscellaneous and Transitional provisions and commencement number 5) Order 2009 click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed criteria and Miscellaneous provisions) Regulations 2009/3050 click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed criteria and Miscellaneous provisions) Regulations 2009/37 click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria) (Foreign Offences) Order 2008 2008/3050 click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous provisions) Regulations 2009/1548 click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous provisions) Regulations 2009/1548 (Explanatory note) click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous provisions) Regulations 2009/1548 (Explanatory memorandum) click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Transitory provisions) Order 2009/12 click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed information) Regulations 2008/3265 click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Act 2006 (as enacted) click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Act 2006 (as amended) click here
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Act, Explanatory note click here

Sentencing consistency

Perhaps the best examination of sentencing consistency ever written is:

• Hon J J Spigelman Consistency speech click here

Sentencing Council

Dangerous Offenders Guide for Sentencers and Practitioners click here

Overarching Guidelines Professional Consultation, Allocation, Offences Taken into Consideration and Totality click here

Trafficked victims

• Human trafficking and smuggling: Legal guidance: The CPS click here
• The Law Society, Criminal prosecutions of victims of trafficking click here
• R v O 2008 EWCA Crim 2835 click here
• R v LM and Others (2010) EWCA Crim 2327 click here

Youths

• Youth Bench Book click here
• Youth Crime Action Plan 2008 click here