As the Attorney General had a statutory responsibility to personally consider whether sentences should be referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient, it was inimical to the public interest for judges, when exercising their discretion as to the provision of a transcript of a sentence hearing, to restrict or limit the provision of such information on such a request from the Attorney General.
ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST COMMUNITY SENTENCES CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 Pt IV s.36(1) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE JUDGES POWERS RIGHTS AND DUTIES SENTENCING SENTENCING GUIDELINES SEXUAL ASSAULT TRANSCRIPTS UNDUE LENIENCY
An Asylum and Immigration Tribunal had made material errors of law in holding that exceptional circumstances were required before deportation could be ordered for a failed asylum seeker who had pleaded guilty to two sexual offences and had been sentenced to a two-year conditional discharge with a recommendation for deportation.
CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE DEPORTATION DEPORTATION OF FAILED ASYLUM SEEKER CONVICTED OF SEXUAL OFFENCES ERROR OF LAW FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 s.5(1) NEED FOR EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES RECOMMENDATIONS s.14 s.2(3) s.3(5) s.3(6) s.5 s.6 SENTENCING
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