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Text of the Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP's speech at the Lord Chancellor's swearing in ceremony (check against delivery).
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Teenager has sentence increased after the Attorney General referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient
Attorney General Jeremy Wright on economic crime and the Serious Fraud Office
The Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP visit King’s College London University today to see the pro bono work happening there
Attorney General gives consent for the family of Private Geoff Gray to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest into his death.
Attorney General discusses the importance of evidence gathering in Syria and Iraq to enable domestic prosecutions.
Guidance has been issued to prosecutors not to bring charges for unlawful subletting at Grenfell Tower so that victims can be identified.
More advocates outside London could work on Government cases, following a Government Legal Department consultation.
Attorney General discusses the modern law of self-defence at the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Attorney General Jeremy Wright will set out the legal basis for British military strikes against terror targets overseas
A West Midlands policeman and his two accomplices who claimed terrorists were going to kidnap a fellow officer were today sentenced to a cumulative 6 extra years in jail.
The Court of Appeal today increased the sentence of Evesham child sex offender Daniel Mills after an intervention by Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP.
The Attorney General on the threat faced today from economic crime and how the UK Government is addressing it
More than 100 offenders had their prison sentences lengthened following referrals by the Attorney and Solicitor General to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme during 2015.
Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP's speech at the Lord Chancellor's swearing in ceremony
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
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
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
Sarah Sands today had her prison sentence for the killing of convicted paedophile Michael Pleasted increased to seven and a half years’ imprisonment by the Court of Appeal.
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