When the Court of Appeal imposes fresh sentences on a sentence appeal, the practical effect of concurrent sentences with different commencement dates must be carefully considered. The Court has inherent jurisdiction to vary its own sentencing orders to correct a slip or accidental omission where the orders as structured do not achieve their intended effect. There is no power to pre-date the commencement of a term of imprisonment to a time before the original sentence was imposed.
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