Banks on Sentence 2025 20th ed

Used by judges, barristers and solicitors for sentencing matters in the Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court and Court of Appeal, Banks on Sentence provides a comprehensive guide to sentencing law.

Consolidated legislation, applicable sentencing guidelines, procedure rules, case law, commentary and maximum sentences all available through this comprehensive guide.

The 20th Edition includes:

• Fully updated to reflect amendments to the general maximum sentence in the magistrates’ court following summary conviction for either-way offences.
• Amended legislation concerning release arrangements and home detention curfew eligibility, serious disruption prevention orders, and piloting of amendments to various types of community sentence.
• New and updated sentencing guidelines, including definitive guidelines for Strangulation and Suffocation offences; kidnap and blackmail, aggravated vehicle taking, and new guideline material clarifying the impact of pregnancy, of childhood trauma and of employment or educational opportunity as mitigating factors.
• Latest authorities providing guidance on strangulation offences (a line of authorities following R v Cook), on Immigration Act 1971 s 24 and s 25 offences (authorities following R v Ginar), on murders involving use of a vehicle (R v Deeprose and Others), and a wide variety of other offence-specific guidance.

  Published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains all the relevant material for understanding sentencing orders and procedures. Volume 2 contains all the relevant guidelines, cases and sentencing material to enable judges, magistrates and practitioners to determine the sentence for almost all prosecuted offences.