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  • New prison to be run by Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS)

    Prisons Minister Andrew Selous has today announced that the new prison in Wrexham will be operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord Chancellor speech at the Global Law Summit, 23 February 2015

    Lord Chancellor speaks at the Global Law Summit, marking 800 years of the Magna Carta.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Courtroom communications experts to double

    Victims and witnesses will be given more support than ever before with double the number of courtroom experts soon to be available.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Voice of the Child: children to be more clearly heard in decisions about their future

    Children will have a greater say in family court cases, Justice Minister Simon Hughes announced as he addressed the Family Justice Young People’s Board.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DNA tests to cut courtroom battles

    DNA tests in family courts will be provided across England from later this year, Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord Chancellor leads 2015 Silk Ceremony

    More than 90 new Queen’s Counsel (QC) have 'taken silk' in a ceremony presided over by Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Interim Chief Inspector of Probation announced

    Paul Wilson has been appointed interim Chief Inspector of Probation today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Courts to recognise good intentions of volunteers and small busineses

    Volunteers, community groups and 'good deed doers' have been given legal reassurance that courts will take account of the fact they have been acting to help society if something goes wrong and they end up having to d…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • No more 'early release' for child rapists and terrorists

    Child rapists and terrorists will no longer be automatically released half-way through their sentence, as part of a range of tough new laws that have received Royal Assent today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Appointment of 3 members of the Family Justice Council

    Appointment of Elizabeth Isaacs QC, Helen Morris and Sara McIlroy as new members of the Family Justice Council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New open prison unit launched at Drake Hall

    Justice Minister Simon Hughes opens a new unit at Drake Hall women’s prison aimed at preparing offenders for release.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ministers sign agreement for prisoners to supply armed forces with kit

    Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Defence Minister Philip Dunne signed a service level agreement last week .

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prisoners to supply armed forces with kit

    Prisoners will be making sandbags, fence posts and other support products for Britain’s armed forces after an innovative new agreement was signed by ministers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Post-prison support extended to 45,000 offenders

    A major gap which allows 45,000 short-term prisoners to leave prison unsupervised every year has been closed under a new law that has been brought into force.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Online tracking service launched for victims of crime

    Victims of crime can now find the latest information about their case at any time of the day or night thanks to an innovative online service to be launched to police forces across the country.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Data management

    The government is investigating an information loss, relating to 3 independent judge-led inquiries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Styal prison launches new open unit

    Justice Minister Simon Hughes opens new accommodation which will act as a stepping stone back into the community for female prisoners nearing release.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More than 6 million searches of new wills archive

    More than 6 million searches of the government’s new archive of wills have been made in just 1 month.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New crackdown on dangerous legal highs in prison

    Offenders found abusing so-called ‘legal highs’ in prison will face a new crackdown by prison authorities from next week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK leads the way to eradicating female genital mutilation

    Tough new laws to tackle the harmful and unacceptable practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) took a crucial step closer to becoming law.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government