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'Sentencing Young People' Engagement Event
The Council is holding an engagement event with a range of stakeholders to help inform the development of its guideline on sentencing young people, one of the key pieces of work announced in its Business Plan for 2015-18.
Engagement work
The Council works to increase its understanding of all aspects of sentencing and engages with a wide range of organisations. It continued this ongoing work when members heard a presentation on ‘children and the sentencing of parents’.
Council Chair helps mark International Women’s Day
Council Chair, Lady Dorrian, joined a group of leading Scottish legal minds to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day.
Glasgow Drug Court
The Glasgow Drug Court has held its first ‘graduation’. In a blog written for the Council, Sheriff Lindsay Wood explains what led up to this momentous event.
Council meeting
The Council held its final meeting of 2016 on 12 December at Airdrie Sheriff Court hosted by Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie, QC.