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Domestic Homicide Reviews will be renamed to Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews following calls to better recognise deaths from domestic abuse related suicide.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointments, for 3 years from 1 January 2024, of John Cuss, Daniel Hoadley, Amrik Kandola, Sue Prince, Laurence Shaw and Elizabeth Smart as members of the Civil Justice Council.
A consultation has opened on new laws to make sure we are better prepared for, and protected from, terrorist attacks.
A people smuggler has been jailed after smuggling migrants, including a child, towards the UK.
The inaugural UK-EU Counter-Terrorism Dialogue took place in Brussels on 2 February 2024, to enhance cooperation on counter-terrorism.
Angler's £120 fine dwarfed cost of rod licence
In a major speech in Washington DC on the rule of law, the Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP urged the international community to come together to win the global contest of ideas.
The international accords that have guaranteed freedom, security and prosperity since 1945 are “fraying at the edges” as a direct result of Russia’s illegal war, the Lord Chancellor will tell Washington today.
An urgent independent inspection into the Crown Prosecution Service’s handling of the Nottingham stabbing case has been announced by the Government.
Police Dog (PD) Tess retired from protecting the Dounreay site last summer and has been living at home with her former handler and now owner, PC Ian Disbury.
Criminal legal aid solicitors working in police stations and youth courts will receive a pay increase to reflect the importance and complexity of their work, the Lord Chancellor has announced today (29 January 2024).
Children will be better protected from the impact of lengthy courtroom battles thanks to pioneering measures to help families resolve disputes as swiftly as easily possible.
Providers with identified cases will be contacted at the end of January and asked to give an update on the status of each case.
eForms submitted more than 7 years ago will be archived to restore stability to eForms database.
Criminal gangs who try to fly phones, drugs and weapons into prisons using drones face finding themselves there instead under tough new restrictions coming into force today (25 January).
Anglers from South, Midlands and London skipped fees used to maintain fisheries
A blog by Keith Fraser, YJB Chair and Board Champion for Over-Represented Children.
A man who killed a father and son had his sentence 's minimum term increased by five years after it was referred to the Court of Appeal.
The Solicitor General was sworn in today during a ceremony attended by the Lord Chancellor.
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