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Data for Treasury Solicitor’s Department, Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, monthly from January 2013.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Robert Courts was appointed Solicitor General on 7 December 2023. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport between 8 September 2020 and 20 September 2022. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Witney...
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and...
Criminal legal aid solicitors working in police stations and youth courts will receive a pay increase to reflect the importance and complexity of their work, the Lord Chancellor has announced today (29 January 2024).
Simon Regis awarded CBE in the New Year Honours 2024
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
We are stepping up action to support regulatory action and prosecution of unscrupulous lawyers, with a new dedicated taskforce and tougher sentences.
Reports of the work of the Official Solicitor and the Public Trustee, and of its accounts, summing up the office's business interests.
How to send a cash balance to the Bona Vacantia division.
Apply to act for someone in court - litigation friends for children and people who cannot act for themselves because they lack the mental capacity
Forms for solicitors and advocates to claim back legal aid costs for confiscation proceedings. For representation orders dated 1 Apr 2016 to 16 Sep 2020 for solicitors, and between 31 Dec 2018 and 16 Sep 2020 for advocates, and main...
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