BPTC Law Notes BPTC Criminal Litigation Notes
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ADULTS (18+) | YOUTHS | |||||||
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SENTENCE | Type | Test | Court | Release | Type | Test | Court | Release |
Mandatory life sentence fixed by law only murder indeterminate sentence | Imprisonment for life | Must impose if O 18+ when committed AND convicted can only get whole life term if 21+ | CC | Referred to parole board after minimum term served. Release if custody no longer necessary to protect public. | Detention at her majesty's pleasure | Impose if O U21 at date of conviction AND U18 on commission starting point = 12 years | CC | |
Custody for life | Impose if O 18+ when committed AND 18-20 when convicted starting point = 15 years | CC | ||||||
Minimum fixed term sentences | Minimum 7 years for 3rd class A drug trafficking | Must impose if:
| CC | Must release on licence after serve half. Max 20% reduction for G plea. | ||||
Minimum 3 years for 3rd domestic burglary | Must impose if:
| CC | Must release on licence after serve half. Max 20% reduction for G plea. | |||||
Minimum 5 years for certain firearms offences | Must impose if D 18+ when committed (unless circumstances relating to offence OR offender make it unjust) | CC | Must release on licence after serve half. No reduction for G plea. | Minimum 3 years for certain firearms offences | Must impose if D 16 or 17 when committed (unless circumstances relating to offence OR offender make it unjust) | CC | Must release on licence after serve half. | |
Discretionary life sentence indeterminate sentence | Shall sentence for life if:
Unless meets s225 must sentence to life | CC | N/A | Detention for life s91 PCC(S)A 2000 | May impose if offence carries life for an adult. | CC | N/A | |
ADULTS (18+) | YOUTHS | |||||||
SENTENCE | Type | Test | Court | Release | Type | Test | Court | Release / Breach |
Dangerous offenders offences committed after 4 April 2005 | Discretionary life s225 CJA 2003 indeterminate sentence | Must impose if:
| CC | Must fix minimum term. Referred to parole board after minimum term served. Release only if custody no longer necessary to protect public. | Discretionary detention for life - under s91 PCC(S)A s226 CJA 2003 | Must impose if:
| CC | May specify that only become eligible for parole after (usually) half notional determinate term served (i.e. sentence would've got if didn't get life) Referred to parole board after half notional determinate term. Release only if custody no longer necessary to protect public. |
Life for a second listed offence s224A CJA 2003 indeterminate sentence | Must impose if:
Unless particular circumstances relating to the offence OR previous sch 15B offence OR offender make it unjust | CC | N/A | |||||
Extended sentence s226A CJA 2003 | May impose if:
| CC | Automatic release after serving 2/3 of app custodial term. Unless current offence has app custodial term of 10+ years OR is listed in sch 15B. Referred to parole board at 2/3. Release only if custody no longer necessary to protect public. Must release at end of app custodial term. | Extended sentence s226B CJA 2003 | May impose if:
| CC | ||
ADULTS (18+) | YOUTHS | |||||||
SENTENCE | Type | Test | Court | Release | Type | Test | Court | Release / Breach |
Long-term detention for grave crimes under s91 PCC(S)A | May impose detention (not exceeding that for 18+) if:
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A collection of the best BPTC notes the director of Oxbridge Notes (an Oxford law graduate) could find after combing through dozens of samples from outstanding students with the highest results in England and carefully evaluating each on accuracy, formatting, logical structure, spelling/grammar, conciseness and "wow-factor".
In short, these are what we believe to be the strongest set of BPTC notes available in the UK this year. This collection of BPTC notes is fully updated for recent exams, ...
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