Criminal Procedure and Sentencing

Useful Websites

You can find a selection of useful links to further reading divided by chapter below.

Chapter 1

Ministry of Justice: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Crown Prosecution Service: http://www.cps.gov.uk/

The Criminal Procedure Rules and the Criminal Practice Directions: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/rulesmenu

The CPS Code for Prosecutors (CPS, January 2013): http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/docs/code_2013_accessible_english.pdf

Code of Practice for Adult Conditional Cautions (Ministry of Justice, April 2013): https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/oocd/code-practice-adult-conditional-cautions-oocd.pdf

Simple Cautions for Adult Offenders (Ministry of Justice, November 2013): http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/oocd/adult-simple-caution-guidance-oocd.pdf

British and Irish Legal Information Institute (British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material): http://www.bailii.org/

Chapter 2

CPS Guidance on Bail: http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/a_to_c/bail/

Guidance from Senior Presiding Judge: bail and Proceeding in Absence: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/criminal-protocol-14/

Sentencing Guideline: Failure to Surrender to Bail: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_Fail_to_Surrender_to_Bail.pdf

Chapter 3

Sentencing Council Guideline on Allocation: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Definitive_guideline

Chapter 4

Attorney General's guidelines on disclosure for investigators, prosecutors and defence practitioners (2013): https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/262994/AG_Disclosure_Guidelines_-_December_2013.pdf

Judicial Protocol on the Disclosure of Unused Material in Criminal Cases (2013): http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Protocols/Disclosure+Protocol.pdf

Judiciary of England and Wales: Review of Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings (2011): http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Reports/disclosure-review-september-2011.pdf

Judiciary of England and Wales: Magistrates' Court Disclosure Review (2014): http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Magistrates%E2%80%99-Court-Disclosure-Review.pdf

Chapter 7

There are no specific web links for this chapter.

Chapter 8

There are no specific web links for this chapter.

Chapter 9

There are no specific web links for this chapter.

Chapter 11

A Guide to Commencing Proceedings in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/courts/court-of-appeal/criminal-division/proc_guide.pdf

Chapter 12

Ministry of Justice – Legal Aid Agency: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency

Ministry of Justice – Eligibility for Criminal Legal Aid: https://www.gov.uk/work-out-who-qualifies-for-criminal-legal-aid

Chapter 13

The acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (Attorney General): https://www.gov.uk/the-acceptance-of-pleas-and-the-prosecutors-role-in-the-sentencing-exercise

Sentencing Guideline – Seriousness: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_seriousness_guideline.pdf

Sentencing Guideline – Reduction in Sentence for Guilty Plea: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Reduction_in_Sentence_for_a_Guilty_Plea_-Revised_2007.pdf

Sentencing Guideline – Offences Taken into Consideration and Totality: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Definitive_guideline_TICs__totality_Final_web.pdf

Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MCSG_web_-_October_2014.pdf

Chapter 14

Sentencing Guideline: New Sentences under the CJA 2003: http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/web_new_sentences_guideline1.pdf