The Stalio principle requires only that regard be had to sentencing practices at the time of offending as one factor in the sentencing synthesis; it does not require sentencing in accordance with those earlier practices. The incremental increase approach to adjusting inadequate sentencing practices (derived from R v Barber and applied in cases such as Ashdown) has been overruled by Dalgliesh HCA, which requires sentencing courts to correct errors of principle and impose just sentences rather than adjusting incrementally. Stalio itself survives Dalgliesh HCA and Kilic.
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