Lawyers fear tariff-based sentencing system is 'too rigid'

Plans to determine sentencing for environmental offences using a system of tariffs have been described as inflexible and crude by environmental lawyers and businesses

by Isabella Kaminski
Lawyers are concerned that draft sentencing guidelines do not give magistrates enough flexibility (photograph by Chris Potter, CC by SA 2.0)
Lawyers are concerned that draft sentencing guidelines do not give magistrates enough flexibility (photograph by Chris Potter, CC by SA 2.0)

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