Sentences with phrase «unduly lenient»

The prosecution appealed his sentence as unduly lenient to the Court of Appeal.

Of these, 113 were found to be unduly lenient and 108 had their sentences increased.

Sir Igor Judge, President of the Queen's Bench Division, has defended court judges criticised for imposing «unduly lenient» sentences as newly released statistics showed sentences were increased in just over 100 out of about 80,000 cases dealt with by the crown court last year.

The rules that relate to a reference to the Court of Appeal of a point of law are found in the new Pt 70 (reference to the Court of Appeal of point of law or unduly lenient sentencing).

Following my submissions, the Court of Appeal upheld her sentence as «not unduly lenient».

How the CHRE could determine that a decision that centres on an individual's health (which will undoubtedly depend in turn on medical opinion from experts appointed by the regulatory body to advise) could be unduly lenient remains to be explained.

The test for CHRE in doing so is that the decision was «unduly lenient».

However, the attorney general can challenge «unduly lenient» sentences and has done so in 339 cases in the past three years.

'' [He] is writing to the attorney general to ask him to consider referring the sentence to the court of appeal as unduly lenient,» the spokesman said.

Around 100 unduly lenient sentences are challenged by the attorney - general each year.

Tory MP David Burrowes will today urge the Attorney General to appeal the Huhne and Pryce sentences for being «unduly lenient»

Home secretary John Reid criticised the sentence as «unduly lenient», prompting a row with the attorney general, who said he would review the case but on it merits, not due to «public or political pressure».