Practice Direction (Crime: Life Sentences)
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Date | 1993 |
Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
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36 cases
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R v Kenneth Mason Angela Sellars First Second
...Thus the underlying approach is still that set out in a practice direction issued by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Taylor, in 1993, [1993] 1 WLR 223, as follows: "1. Section 34 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 empowers a judge when passing a sentence of life imprisonment– where such a sente......
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Doody ; R v Same, ex parte Pierson ; R v Same, ex parte Smart ; R v Same, ex parte Pegg
...save in the very exceptional case the judge should make an order under section 34: Practice Direction of 8 February 1993: Practice Direction (Crime: Life Sentences) [1993] 1 W.L.R. 223. The trial judge will also, as in the past, make a written report to the Home Secretary, through the Lord......
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R v Marklew and Lambert (Discretionary Life Sentence)
...provisions entered into force, the then Lord Chief Justice issued a practice direction: Practice Direction (Crime: Life Sentences) [1993] 1 WLR 223: "1. Section 34 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 empowers a judge when passing a sentence of life imprisonment - where such a sentence is not ......
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Reference by the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Another (Respondent) Rahuel Delucca (Appellants) on Appeal From the Crown Court at Birmingham, HHJ Judge Inman and Another (Respondent) Graham Murray (Appellants) on Appeal From the Crown Court at Stafford, the Hon Mrs Justice Macur and Another (Respondent) Christopher Stubbings (Appellants)
...minimum term. The legislative provision in s.34 was accompanied by a Practice Direction: Practice Direction (Crime: Life Sentences) [1993] 1 W.L.R. 223 which made it clear that the minimum term was to be that part of the sentence that was imposed for punishment and deterrence; this is now ......
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