16 June Case Updates Ill-health and sentencing Sentencing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, Northern Ireland, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, Stroke, hypertension After summarising the case law, the court in this case stated that there is a high threshold to be reached in order for ill health or physical disability to impinge upon the court's approach to assessing the appropriate method of sentencing an offender. This is not to say that ill health or disability will never be taken into consideration as is indicated by these terms: ‘not generally’, ‘not automatically’, ‘can take account’, ‘may enable’, ‘not in itself’, ‘it may be permissible’, ‘in appropriate cases’, ‘permissible to have regard’ and ‘purely on the basis’. Lavery, R v (Sentencing Remarks) [2026] NICC 5
27 September Case Updates DPP v MR [2022] IECA 192 Psychiatry, Sentencing, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topic: Sentencing
26 August Case Updates Popoola v The Queen [2021] EWCA Crim 842, 2021 WL 02380274 Psychiatry, Neurology, Sentencing, Neuropsychiatry, Head Injury, Mitigation, 06. Rules and Regulations Relevance: Psychiatry Neurology Neuropsychiatry Topics: Head injury Sentencing Mitigation
23 August Case Updates R v Lall [2021] EWCA Crim 404, 2021 WL 01041724 Psychiatry, Sentencing, Hybrid order, Insight, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Sentencing Topics: Hospital order with restrictions Hybrid order Insight