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The Court of Appeal finds two rape sentences unduly lenient and increases them by a total of 16 years.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC MP's key note address to the Government Legal Service International Law Conference
Solicitor General, Robert Buckland, last week joined the Attorneys General of 11 of the UK’s Overseas Territories Annual Conference Anguilla
An advisory to editors, publishers and social media users to avoid indentifying complainants in sexual abuse cases
The Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP has attended a hate crime co-ordinators meeting at the Police College in Ryton
New inquests are to be held into the deaths of a civilian and 8 IRA men who died on 8 May 1987 at Loughgall, the Advocate General for Northern Ireland, Jeremy Wright QC has announced.
Solicitor General’s keynote address to the 33rd Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime
David Cameron made a statement to the House on refugees from Syria and counter-terrorism.
Individuals providing certain evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse can do so without fear of prosecution
Appeal Court increases the 10 year rape sentence of John Dennis to 20 years after ruling the original sentence unduly lenient.
Reasons behind decision not to grant consent to prosecute 17-year-old
Kevin McGinty has been appointed as the new Chief Inspector of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Solicitor General asks people to take care when commenting about the Hillsborough inquest
To celebrate National Apprenticeships Week 2015, Robert Buckland QC MP visits Addleshaw Goddard law firm to meet law students
Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP visits Burlington Danes Academy to see the Lawyers in Schools project
Deputy Legal Secretary of the Attorney General's Office, Kevin McGinty, has been named as preferred candidate for Chief Inspector of the CPS
A significant step forward in the fight against violence in prisons has been taken, with the publication of a joint national protocol.
The Attorney General's keynote speech to the Global Law Summit marking 800 years since Magna Carta
The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) is to change its name on 1 April to the Government Legal Department
Advice from the Attorney General not to identify victims in sexual offence cases
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