The request has been made in proceedings between JZ (Requested Person) and the Prosecutor for the District of Lodz - Poland; the request by JZ concerned the deduction from the total period
of the custodial sentence imposed on him in Poland, during which he was made subject, by the Member State which executed the European Arrest Warrant, namely in the UK to the electronic monitoring of his place of residence, in conjunction with a curfew.
Not exact matches
«I have never been convicted
of any offence punishable by a
custodial sentence, whether or not a
custodial sentence was actually
imposed.
Under s 63
of the Magistrates» Court Act 1980 the court can consider
imposing a fine or a
custodial sentence for any breach
of a contact order that may be proved in committal or family proceedings.
The 2014 case
of H - R (Children)[2014] EWCC B80 (Fam)(11 April 2014) illustrates that even when faced with a mother who had repeatedly breached a contact order and then failed to attend court on three occasions in connection with enforcement hearings the court can be reluctant to go as far as
imposing a
custodial sentence.
This Bill amends the YCJA to alter the framework governing the imposition
of an adult
sentence; broaden the circumstances in which a youth
custodial sentence may be
imposed; revise the objectives
of the youth criminal justice system; modify youth
sentencing principles; and provide a framework for determining whether a young person should be denied bail.
Therefore, the instruments dealing with such issues, Framework Decision 2008 / 909 / JHA on the application
of the principle
of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters
imposing custodial sentences and Framework Decision 2008 / 675 / JHA on the taking into account
of previous convictions in MS
of the EU, are not applicable.
In the interim, the case provides welcome clarification on when
custodial sentences are appropriate and, in reducing the penalty
imposed on New Mex, provides a helpful decision on the
sentencing range for smaller employers convicted
of offences involving a fatality.
The case represents the more traditional use
of custodial sentences for OH&S - related matters as the
sentence imposed on the business operator resulted from the intentional breach
of a court order.
Responding to Pinto's claims, Steven Francis, a former manager in the enforcement division
of the FSA and now a partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP, says that if the FSA takes the view that a court is unlikely to
impose a
custodial sentence, the appeal
of pursuing the criminal route is much diminished.
The trend in
sentencing in this type
of case appears to be towards a form
of super-discount by which, in some cases,
custodial sentences have been suspended resulting in an effective 100 per cent discount on the actual prison time
imposed.
The proprietor was also
sentenced to five days in jail for providing false information, meaning a total
custodial period
of 15 days was
imposed.
Provides that where a person is charged in respect
of conduct that is an offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003) and was an offence under one
of the repealed offences listed in sub-s (2), and the only thing preventing the person being found guilty is that it can not be proven beyond reasonable doubt whether the conduct took place before or after the commencement
of SOA 2003, then it shall be conclusively presumed for the purposes
of determining the guilt
of the defendant that the conduct took place at a time when the offence in respect
of that conduct carried the lower penalty in terms
of a
custodial sentence which could be
imposed on conviction
of the defendant.
If an indication is given, the judge should make it clear that if the defendant is later assessed as «dangerous», the
sentences mandated by CJA 2003 — an indeterminate or extended
sentence — will be
imposed and that, if the accused is assessed as dangerous, the indication can only relate to the notional determinate term which will be used in the calculation
of the minimum specified period the offender would have to serve before he may apply to the Parole Board to direct his release or, in a case where an extended
sentence is the only lawful option, it will relate to the appropriate
custodial term within the extended
sentence — that is, the indication does not encompass the length
of any extension period during which the offender will be on licence following his release.Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No 16) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1999) Section 29
of CJA 2003 creates (in the case
of public prosecutions only) a new method
of commencing criminal proceedings — written charge and requisition, to replace laying an information and issuing a summons.
The court in this case considered three issues: i) how, under the existing legislation, the court should set a minimum term when
imposing a
sentence of imprisonment for public protection where it is
imposed upon a prisoner who is already subject to and serving an existing
custodial term; ii) How the court should approach, as a matter
of principle,
imposing a
sentence of imprisonment upon someone who is already serving a
sentence of imprisonment for public protection and whether in the circumstances
of a case such as this some adjustment, if it is otherwise permissible, may be made to the term which he is destined to serve before release may be considered; and iii) how in such circumstances, if it is permissible to do either the first or second as a matter
of principle, the court should approach the time spent in custody.
Member states would have to
impose custodial sentences of at least five years or financial penalties on offending companies
of at least $ 750,000 for particularly serious crimes, such as those that have resulted in death or serious injury.