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The attorney general also superintends the Crown Prosecution Service and appoints its head, the Director of Public Prosecutions. Decisions to prosecute are taken by the Crown Prosecution Service other than in exceptional cases i.e. where the attorney general's consent is required by statute or in cases relating to national security. [20]
Solicitor General Lucy Rigby and her predecessor Sarah Sackman both declared their earnings from previous legal work, which led to accusations of hypocrisy over Hermer's refusal to declare. [145] On 28 January, Hermer was accused of breaking convention by Robert Buckland and former Attorney General Michael Ellis. Ellis said that it was an ...
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It supports the Attorney General and their deputy, the Solicitor General (together, the Law officers of the Crown in England and Wales). It is sometimes referred to as the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers. The administration and ...
The law officers are the senior legal advisors to His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom and devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.They are variously referred to as the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Lord Advocate, or Advocate General depending on seniority and geography – though other terms are also in use, such as the Counsel General for Wales.
Braverman in her role as attorney general meeting prosecutor general of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova in May 2022. In the 13 February 2020 reshuffle, Braverman was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, succeeding Geoffrey Cox who had been dismissed from government. [48]
The term Attorney General when used in the United Kingdom may refer to: Attorney General for England and Wales; Advocate General for Scotland; Attorney General for Northern Ireland; Attorney General may also refer to historic positions which no longer exist: Attorney-General for Ireland, until 1921, of which the now Northern Ireland formed a part.
Edward Herbert (attorney-general) Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer; Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart; James Hobart; Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet; John Hobson (politician) William Hody; John Holker; William Horne (British politician) William Huddesfield
Sir Jeremy Paul Wright KC (born 24 October 1972) is a British lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2018 and as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019.