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Dr Rachel McPherson and Professor Cyrus Tata, from the Centre for Law, Crime & Justice at Strathclyde University, were commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council to carry out a literature review examining current sentencing practice and knowledge around causing death by driving offences.

Jillian Martin-Brown has been appointed as the Scottish Sentencing Council’s new summary sheriff member.

The High Court of Justiciary today approved Scotland’s first sentencing guideline, which sets out the general principles and purposes of sentencing for all offences.

Following on from the first guideline being approved, the Council has published its 2018-21 Business Plan today.

For the first time judges in courts across Scotland will, from today, have to take into account a sentencing guideline when sentencing offenders.