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Her Majesty The Queen, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, has approved the reappointment of 7 Commissioners of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointment of Catherine Brown and Ian Hamer as lay members of the Legal Services Board.
More victims of rape and sexual offences will be spared the stress of being cross-examined in court under a measure rolled out to a further 14 locations today (12 May 2022).
A new Reporters’ Charter outlining the rights and responsibilities of court reporters has been launched to boost transparency in the justice system.
Magistrates will be able to issue jail sentences of up to one year for a single offence to help ease the backlog in the Crown Court from today.
The government delivers on its pledge to protect the public better and restore confidence in the criminal justice system as four major bills became law today (28 April).
Kim Brown and Josephine Maguire appointed as independent members of the Judicial Pension Board.
More dangerous and influential terrorists will be separated in specialist units to thwart the spread of their poisonous ideology, the Deputy Prime Minister has announced today (27 April 2022).
Peter Fish and Catharine Seddon appointed as members of the Board of the Children’s and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).
Courts will continue working at full capacity to speed up justice as the cap on sitting days is lifted for another year, the government announced today (21 April 2022).
PSPRB Chair’s response to the 2022 England and Wales pay round activation letter from the Minister of State for Prisons and Probation.
In a boost for open justice, court and tribunal judgments are now freely available from The National Archives.
A further update on work MOJ is doing to respond to the CJEU judgment of November 2018 in O’Brien No.2 and the Supreme Court’s judgment in Miller of December 2019.
Abused women, drug addicts and offenders serving short sentences will be supported to turn their lives away from crime, as the Government backs specialist schemes aimed at criminals more likely to reoffend.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Habib Motani as a non-lay member of the Legal Services Board for a tenure of 4 years commencing 18 April 2022.
The Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health and Social Care are pleased to announce that Dr Margaret Flynn has been appointed Chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum.
Landmark reforms introducing no-fault divorce aimed at reducing conflict between separating couples come into force today.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the reappointment of Brian Tytherleigh as a member of the Youth Justice Board.
More than 97% of offenders on sobriety tags have stayed off alcohol, a year after they were introduced in England following a successful pilot in Wales.
Public protection will be put back at the heart of the parole system to stop the release of dangerous offenders from prison.
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