Important Court of Appeal case reviewing the impact of the increase in maximum sentence in dangerous driving cases

26 January 2023

Yesterday in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), Andrew Campbell-Tiech KC successfully resisted the Solicitor-General’s application to increase the sentence passed upon a drunken driver who collided with and killed a young pedestrian.

The judgment in Soto & Waite [2023] EWCA Crim 55 can be downloaded here.