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The attorney general also superintends the Crown Prosecution Service and appoints its head, the Director of Public Prosecutions. Decisions to prosecute are taken by the Crown Prosecution Service other than in exceptional cases i.e. where the attorney general's consent is required by statute or in cases relating to national security. [20]
Former Attorney General and Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, wrote in The Telegraph that Hermer should "come clean" about his past clients – "or resign". [179] Braverman said that the law officers' convention offered "thin cover", and argued that the "perception of bias" regarding Hermer's involvement in the Afghanistan inquiry was "undeniable."
Braverman in her role as attorney general meeting prosecutor general of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova in May 2022 In the 13 February 2020 reshuffle , Braverman was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland , succeeding Geoffrey Cox who had been dismissed from government. [ 48 ]
The law officers are the senior legal advisors to His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom and devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.They are variously referred to as the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Lord Advocate, or Advocate General depending on seniority and geography – though other terms are also in use, such as the Counsel General for Wales.
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It supports the Attorney General and their deputy, the Solicitor General (together, the Law officers of the Crown in England and Wales). It is sometimes referred to as the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers. The administration and ...
Experience: Current Attorney General. Key message: She has promised “rapid and large tax cuts”. She would suspend net zero targets to deal with the energy crisis and pull the UK out of the ...
Sir Jeremy Paul Wright KC (born 24 October 1972) is a British lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2018 and as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019.
The term Attorney General when used in the United Kingdom may refer to: Attorney General for England and Wales; Advocate General for Scotland; Attorney General for Northern Ireland; Attorney General may also refer to historic positions which no longer exist: Attorney-General for Ireland, until 1921, of which the now Northern Ireland formed a part.