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24 November 2023
Issue: 8050 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Environment
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NLJ this week: Stop the fly-tippers via community sentences

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The heinous act of fly-tipping, scourge of landlords anywhere stray mattresses, broken sofas and unidentifiable lumber might appear, has caught the attention of the Sentencing Council

In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, looks at the suggestions recently put forward as regards sentencing.

These include proposals to increase community orders for fly-tipping and other environmental offences, for example, ordering offenders to clear up rubbish—thus making them clear up after themselves, so to speak.

Parpworth addresses what the Sentencing Council left out of its proposals as well as assessing the likely impact of what is proposed. Will giving those pesky litterbugs a taste of their own medicine work? The Sentencing Council is open to views until the end of November. 

Issue: 8050 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Environment
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