The family of a murder victim has no standing to intervene to challenge the tariff set for the sentence to be served by the youths convicted of the murder. They had been invited to state the impact of their son’s death, but not the sentence to be served. Although the standing required for judicial review was now generally lower, the fact of having made representations did not give them any such standing. When fixing the tariff of sentence to be served by a youth, the court must look on each occasion also at questions of rehabilitation.
Citations:
Times 07-Mar-2001, [2001] 3 All E R 449
Statutes:
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 44, Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 82A
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina (on the Application of Dudson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Lord Chief Justice Admn 21-Nov-2003
The applicant had been sentenced to detention during Her Majesty’s Pleasure. He sought a judicial review of the Lord Chief Justice’s recommendation to the Home Secretary for the minimum term he was to serve.
Held: In exercising this function, . .
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Criminal Sentencing, Judicial Review
Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.88628
