Scottish Sentencing Council: Statutory Offences of Causing Death By Driving Guideline

Scottish Sentencing Council: Statutory Offences of Causing Death By Driving Guideline

24th April 2024

On 24 August 2023, the Scottish Sentencing Council finalised its first offence guideline on causing death by driving. It was approved by the High Court on 31 October 2023 and applies to all offenders who are convicted of a statutory offence of causing death by driving and are sentenced on or after 16 January 2024.

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► 2024

HMIPS Full Inspection of HMP & YOI Polmont
24th April 2024
Audit Scotland: 2022/23 Audit of the Scottish Prison Service
24th April 2024
SPS Policy for the Management of Transgender People in Custody
24th April 2024
Scottish Prison Population Statistics 2022-23
24th April 2024
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2021/22
24th April 2024
Criminal Justice Committee: Pre-budget Scrutiny Report 2024/5
24th April 2024
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022
24th April 2024
Prison Population Projections
24th April 2024
HMIPS Full Inspection of HMP Perth
24th April 2024
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Statement to the Scottish Parliament
24th April 2024
HMIPS Annual Report 2022-23
24th April 2024
SPS Corporate Plan 2023 - 2028
24th April 2024
Justice Analytical Services (JAS) Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report
24th April 2024
Deaths in Prison Custody in Scotland 2012-2022
24th April 2024
Scottish Sentencing Council: Statutory Offences of Causing Death By Driving Guideline
24th April 2024
The Case for Gendered and Intersectional Approaches to Justice
24th April 2024
Associations Between Significant Head Injury in Male Juveniles in Prison in Scotland UK and Cognitive Function, Disability and Crime
24th April 2024

► 2023

HMIPS Thematic Review of Segregation in Scottish Prisons
18th September 2023
HMP Greenock Full Inspection Report
18th September 2023
Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
18th September 2023
Recorded Crime in Scotland 2022-2023
18th September 2023
Prison Mobile Phone Phase Out
18th September 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
18th September 2023
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Corporate Plan (2023-26) & Business Plan (2023-24)
18th September 2023
Prisoner Voting
18th September 2023
HMP Addiewell Full Inspection
18th September 2023
Journey Times in Scotland's Criminal Justice System Report
18th September 2023
Joint Review of Diversion From Prosecution
18th September 2023
'Still Nothing to See Here' Follow Up Report
18th September 2023
Scottish Parliament Pre-Budget Scrutiny
18th September 2023
HMIPS Annual Report 2021-2022
18th September 2023
HMIPS Strategic Plan 2022-2025
18th September 2023
HMP Shotts: Full Prison Inspection
18th September 2023
Court Backlog Modelling
18th September 2023
Scottish Prison Population Health Needs Report
18th September 2023
The New Women's Prison Estate in Scotland
18th September 2023
Recorded Crime in Scotland 2021-2022
18th September 2023
Scottish Sentencing Council Reports
18th September 2023
Mental Health Support in Scotland's Prisons 2021: Under-Served and Under-Resourced
18th September 2023

► 2022

Judged on Progress: the Need for Urgent Delivery on Scottish Justice Sector Reforms
21st April 2022
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 Implemented
21st April 2022
Independent Review of the Response to Deaths in Prison Custody
21st April 2022
Scottish Sentencing Council: Guideline on the Sentencing of Young People
21st April 2022
HMIPS Annual Report 2020-2021
21st April 2022
HMIPS Health and Well-Being Pre-Inspection Survey
21st April 2022
Scottish Sentencing Council Report: Judicial Perspectives on Community-Based Disposals
21st April 2022
Reconviction Statistics: 2019-19 Offender Cohort
21st April 2022
Recorded Crime in Scotland 2020-2021
21st April 2022
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP Greenock
21st April 2022
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP Castle Huntly
21st April 2022
Audit Scotland: Community Justice Sustainable Alternatives to Custody
21st April 2022
Mental Welfare Commission Report: Women and Mental Ill-Health
21st April 2022
Membership of the new Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee Announced
21st April 2022

► 2021

The Scandal of Remand in Scotland: A Report by Howard League Scotland – May 2021
21st May 2021
An Urgent Plea from Howard League Scotland Committee
21st April 2021
Expert Review of Mental Health Support For Young People Entering And In Custody At HMP&YOI Polmont - Final Progress Update
15th April 2021
Extended Presumption Against Short Sentences Monitoring Information: January – December 2020
15th April 2021
Scottish Crime & Justice Survey 2019-20
15th April 2021
Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics: 2019 -20
15th April 2021
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP/YOI Grampian
15th April 2021
Review of Forensic Mental Health Services in Scotland Final Report
15th April 2021
The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Rules
15th April 2021
Covid19 Court Restrictions Extended
15th April 2021
The Community Orders (Coronavirus)(Scotland) Regulations 2021
15th April 2021
The Restorative Justice (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Order 2021
15th April 2021
Allan Marshall FAI Recommendations
15th April 2021
The Parole Board (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2021
15th April 2021
Effects of New Covid19 Variant
15th April 2021
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) Criminal Case Throughput Data
15th April 2021
Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Report
15th April 2021
Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2017-18 Offender Cohort
15th April 2021
Justice Committee Evidence Session - Covid19 Effects on Criminal Justice System
15th April 2021
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP Kilmarnock
15th April 2021
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act - Electronic Monitoring
15th April 2021
Outstanding Unpaid Work (Community Payback Orders)
14th April 2021
HMP Dumfries Full Inspection
14th April 2021
New European Prison Rules
14th April 2021
Scottish Prison Population Statistics 2019 - 2020
14th April 2021
HMIPS First Liaison Visit to HMP Addiewell
14th April 2021
HMIPS First Liaison Visit to HMP Edinburgh
14th April 2021
Disclosure (Scotland) Act
14th April 2021

► 2020

HMIPS: Remote Monitoring and Liaison Visits
16th November 2020
Virtual Visits and Mobile Phones in Scottish Prisons
16th November 2020
SPS Covid19 Route Map
16th November 2020
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018-19
16th November 2020
HMIPS Inspection of HMP Edinburgh
16th November 2020
Jackie Tombs – A Note of Appreciation
20th August 2020
Three Keys to Unlocking the Problem of Prisons in a Pandemic
25th June 2020
‘Prisoner householding’: the latest threat from Covid-19
29th April 2020
COVID-19 in Scottish Prisons: Update #1
30th March 2020
COVID-19 in Scottish Prisons
30th March 2020
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representations) Bill Passed
30th March 2020
Disclosure (Scotland) Bill Report
23rd March 2020
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act
23rd March 2020
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representations) Bill Report
23rd March 2020
Independent Review of the Handling of Deaths in Custody
23rd March 2020
Evidence to Education and Skills Committee: Disclosure (Scotland) Bill
23rd March 2020
HMP Glenochil Full Inspection
23rd March 2020
Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
23rd March 2020
Pre-Budget Scrutiny
11th February 2020
Throughcare Service Provision Announcement
11th February 2020
Recorded Crime in Scotland: 2018-2019
11th February 2020
Evidence to Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee: Prisoner Voting
11th February 2020
Audit Scotland audit of SPS
11th February 2020
Scottish Government - Programme for Government 2019/20
11th February 2020

► 2019

HMIPS Annual Report 2018-19
5th November 2019
Fatal Accident Inquiry - Allan Marshall (HMP Edinburgh)
5th November 2019
Franchise Extended to Prisoners to Vote in the Shetland By-Election
5th November 2019
Suspension of SPS Throughcare Support Service
25th July 2019
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill
1st July 2019
Presumption Against Short Sentences (PASS)
28th June 2019
UN Committee Against Torture - Key Concerns
11th March 2019
New Strapline Brief
28th January 2019