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The Sentencing Guidelines App is the definitive Magistrate & Crown Court reference and utility providing Court users with a comprehensive suite of tools for working in the criminal court. The App is purchased via various App stores for around £25 and requires a £25 Annual Subscription to provide judicial updates and access to tools.

Magistrate & Solicitor Resources

Offences. Explanatory material.
Bench Books. Crown Court Companion.
Bespoke court tools with Fines Calc,
Drink Drive Dates. References.
Pronouncement Builder.

Favourites & Flagged

Prepare your offence lists
Bookmark anticipated resources
… or just tap into search!

Court locations

Courts in England & Wales
Crown Court number
DX, Address & Contact numbers
Links to Google Maps

Fines calc

£110, £440, Weekly, monthly, annual RWI
Customisable costs buttons
Victim surcharge for fine or order
Aggravate or mitigate fine percentage
Quick links to related material

Driver Disqualification Dates

Calculate from interim disqualification date
or from custody release date

Judicial reference

The Sentencing Guidelines App provides comprehensive indexes for the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines, explanatory material, bench books, pronouncement cards and CPS legal guidance.

Favourites & Flagged

Mark offences for today’s court listing and defendant offences as favourites for quick reference. Build your regularly referenced items into your flagged items list.

FINES CALCULATION

The fines calculator is a bespoke utility to help Magistrates, Judges and Solicitors quickly calculate total fines penalty including victim surcharge, costs and compensation.

Disqualification Dates Calc

Calculate disqualification dates including discount for drink driver rehabilitation dates. Short disqualification dates lookup. Adjournement dates lookup.

Pronouncement builder

Supports the presiding justice in the preparation of multiple pronouncements for display and read-out with familiar colour coded cards.

Customer support

Judges, Magistrates, Advocates & Legal Advisors.
Same day customer support including technical advice, installation help, subscription management.

Testimonials

Thousands of Magistrates, Judges and Solicitors across England and Wales use the Sentencing Guidelines App in Court everyday. We make sure our customers always have the latest judicial information while our tools and utilities improve Court efficiency and enforce standards on the Bench in England and Wales. We always like to hear how our customer support and Sentencing Guidelines App are helping our customers. Have a look what our clients said about us.

Why didn’t the MoJ make an offer to licence the Sentencing Guidelines App? They’ve spent loads of tax payers money on software that is just not fit for purpose, incomplete and embarassingly slow to use in Court. We’re sticking with Nick’s App!

John L JP

Magistrate
Did my first motoring court using the Ambay app. I reckon we got home at least an hour early thanks to the fines calculator.

BobMalloy JP

Magistrate
Recommended to any JP - saves carrying the large folder, easy navigation, app refreshed for updates regularly, easy to search … and since I purchased the app it keeps being updated with more functionality, so gets better.

J.S.K. JP

Magistrate
It’s always been easy to use and introduced innovations have always been most welcome. I usually sit with colleagues sucked into using the MOJ iPads. They find them difficult to use, late with updates and often out of date from one day to the next. I’m always first to find a topic.

Jim Ludlam JP

Magistrate
Well worth it. It’s in direct competition with a freebie offered by the MoJ that isn’t 5% of the quality of this one. The interactivity and support make this well worth the fee.

Paul F JP

Magistrate
This is a fantastic little App for anyone involved with the court system. It has several tools for calculations of fines and driving convictions. Regular updates keep the information absolutely up to date. Well done to Ambay Software for this wonderful tool.

RibbleValley Jen

Magistrate
I recently had to make telephone contact with Ambay to unlock my current update subscription. The response from Nick was courteous and clear & the issue was resolved. In a faceless world where most organisations hide behind the anonymity of the ‘call centre’ these guys produced the old personal touch - anyone remember those days?

Colin J JP

Magistrate
This app is the best thing I have ever taken into Court, including myself! Colleagues have been impressed without exception when they see the App operating, especially calculating fines, disqualification dates including discounts for Drink Drivers course. Nick and his team are doing a great job.

David R55

Magistrate
Ironic that it takes a Magistrate to write an App which puts the whole of HMCTS and its development team to shame. Now, how about sorting out their appalling rota software…

Rusoil JP

Magistrate
This App provides everything a JP or DJ needs on the bench. I no longer take the books to court, let alone into the retiring room or into the courtroom, saving masses of carrying around and updating. The guidelines and pronouncements are key, of course, but the neat little tools, like fines and Drink Drive calculators also make life hugely easier.

Timothy N JP

Magistrate