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The Solicitor General will encourage victims to report hate crimes during a visit to Crown Prosecution Service offices in Newcastle.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP's speech at the Lord Chancellor's swearing in ceremony
Jeremy Wright QC MP will continue as Attorney General.
A speech by Solicitor General Robert Buckland to the Public Policy Exchange Symposium on effectively tackling Hate Crime.
Two jurors found guilty of contempt of court were sentenced to suspended prison terms after a hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice today.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
A violent offender who carried out a number of brutish assaults in Essex town centres sentenced to spend an extra 4 years in jail
A man who imprisoned and raped a woman in Doncaster will have to twice as long in prison after the Court of Appeal increased his prison sentence to 8 years’ imprisonment.
A violent prisoner in HMP Preston who threw boiling water in the face of a nurse today had his sentence increased to 11 years in jail
A violent offender who carried two brutal attacks using bottles and a pair of scissors as weapons was today sentenced to life imprisonment.
A semi-professional footballer who was caught tweeting about playing football 24 hours after making a dishonest insurance claim for whiplash today admitted contempt of court.
A robber from Leeds who violently attacked and strangled his elderly uncle today had his jail term more than doubled to 9 years’ imprisonment after a referral by Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP.
16 Birmingham gang members who supplied guns and ammunition to criminals across the country will be spending over 50 more years in prison following a Court of Appeal decision today.
The Attorneys General and other ministerial representatives from 5 countries recently met in Washington DC to discuss continued successful cooperation on a range of national security measures.
The Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP spoke at University College London's Law Faculty on his role as a guardian of the public interest
David Green CB QC, Director of the Serious Fraud Office, to have his contract extended by 2 years
A man who carried out a stabbing attack outside the Lido club in Margate last year was today sentenced to an increased prison term by the Court of Appeal.
A Burnley man who raped a woman during a night out had his 3 year prison sentence increased to 5 and a half years by the Court of Appeal.
The Court of Appeal has today increased the unduly lenient sentence of Callum Stroomer to life in prison with a minimum of 13 years for the vicious attempted murder of two teenage girls while he was on bail for the rape and …
The Court of Appeal today sentenced child sex offender Matthew Ian Bell to 3 years in prison after overturning his original suspended sentence.
A man convicted of historical rape charges was today sentenced to serve 3 years in prison after the Court of Appeal overturned his original two year suspended sentence.
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