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The British prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, practised law before his political career began in 2015. Since becoming a barrister in 1987, he mostly dealt with criminal defence work on human rights matters. In 2008, he became Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), holding these positions until 2013.
In July 2008, Patricia Scotland, Attorney General for England and Wales, named Starmer as the new Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). He succeeded Ken Macdonald, who publicly welcomed Starmer's appointment, on 1 November 2008.
Sir Keir Starmer announced a review ... Crime journalists have criticised “significant overreach” by the Crown Prosecution Service after police forces involved in the Southport case said they ...
Sir Keir was appointed to the knightly order for his work as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions – one of the most senior positions in the legal system of ...
In his former role as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Sir Keir was the first to authorise the IWF to start proactively hunting down child sexual abuse imagery. "Now, we need him to act ...
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 created the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in 1986, a dedicated, nationwide prosecution service under the control of the DPP, then Sir Thomas Hetherington QC. This involved the recruitment of 3,000 new staff, which despite difficulties the DPP succeeded in doing.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ... Sir Keir Starmer KCB QC (2008 – October 2013) Dame Alison Saunders DCB (November 2013 – November 2018)
Three years ago Sir Keir Starmer seriously considered throwing in the ... The Tories are reported to have compiled a dossier on his time at the Crown Prosecution Service with a view to ...