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  • Attorney General appoints leading war crimes lawyer to support Ukraine鈥檚 journey to justice

    Sir Howard Morrison QC KCMG has been appointed as an Independent Adviser to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General, Iryna Venediktova

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Frankie Smith has prison sentence increased

    皇冠体育app mother of Star Hobson has had her sentence increased after the Attorney General referred her case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General launches Review into Unaoil failings at the Serious Fraud Office

    皇冠体育app Attorney General has appointed Sir David Calvert-Smith to lead the Independent review into the Serious Fraud Office鈥檚 handling of the Unaoil case.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attempted murderer has sentence increased following personal intervention by the Attorney General

    Stephen Gibbs, 46, has had his sentence increased after the Attorney General, Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP personally presented the case at the Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General appoints new Senior Treasury Counsel

    Jocelyn Ledward and Deanna Heer have been appointed as Senior Treasury Counsel

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General refers Frankie Smith鈥檚 sentence to the Court of Appeal

    皇冠体育app Attorney General is going to challenge the sentence given to Frankie Smith at the Court of Appeal as she has concluded that it is too low.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General refers the sentences of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes鈥� killers to the Court of Appeal

    Emma Tustin, 32, was convicted of the murder of her 6-year-old stepson, Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. 皇冠体育app victim鈥檚 father, Thomas Hughes, 29, was convicted of his manslaughter

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New Zealand hosts virtual meeting of the Quintet

    皇冠体育app annual meeting of the five Attorneys-General from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States was held this year by video conference on 2 and 3 December 2021.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Media Advisory Notice 鈥� Ali Harbi Ali

    皇冠体育app Attorney General confirms the position in relation to reporting the first hearing and the hearing held today, in the case of Ali Harbi Ali.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Judicial Review Trends and Forecasts 2021: Accountability and the Constitution

    皇冠体育app Attorney General, the Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP delivered a keynote speech to the 2021 Public Law Project Conference.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General visits the Community Security Trust鈥檚 HQ

    皇冠体育app Attorney General, the Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP, today visited the Community Security Trust (CST) to discuss their work combatting antisemitic hate crime.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Law Officers sworn in

    皇冠体育app Law Officers, and the Lord Chancellor have been sworn into their new roles at the Royal Courts of Justice

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Law Officers re-appointed

    皇冠体育app Prime Minister has re-appointed Suella Braverman as Attorney General following her maternity leave. Michael Ellis has been re-appointed Solicitor General following his time as Attorney General while Suella Braverman was 鈥�

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General speech at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime

    皇冠体育app Attorney General addressed the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime to talk about tackling economic crime

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Sentences increased for 61 criminals

    New statistics for 2020 show 61 offenders had their sentences increased, after the Law Officers thought their original sentences were too low.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General launches new campaign to combat contempt of court online

    A new campaign has been launched today by the Attorney General, warning of the legal consequences of prejudicing the judicial process via social media.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Response to rape overhauled

    Sweeping reforms to increase the number of rape cases reaching court while bolstering support for victims have been unveiled by the government today (18 June 2021).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Serial paedophile jailed for longer

    Aaron McWilliams has had his prison term increased after the Attorney General, the Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP, referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New Director General of the Attorney General鈥檚 Office

    Douglas Wilson has been appointed as the next Director General of the Attorney General's Office

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Heathrow environmental lawyer found in contempt by Supreme Court

    Tim Crosland has been found in contempt of court for deliberately leaking a Supreme Court judgment following an application made by the Attorney General, Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government