Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 28
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Sir Brian Leveson originally proposed the three-year threshold alongside his recommendation for magistrates’ sentencing powers...
Conclusion
Sir Brian Leveson originally proposed the three-year threshold alongside his recommendation for magistrates’ sentencing powers to be fixed at 12 months. If the maximum is increased to 24 months, cases of up to two and a half years could be retained by the magistrates’ court, which would appear to leave the CCBD with only a narrow tranche of potential cases. (Conclusion, Paragraph 119)