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Stephen Lindsay Parkinson (born 15 June 1957) is an English solicitor and former barrister, [1] who has been the Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales) (DPP) and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) since November 2023.
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1908 repealed the section of the 1884 Act that unified the DPP and Treasury Solicitor, giving Matthews an office of his own on his appointment in the same year. [ 7 ] The organisation remained rooted in its Victorian origins, still operating under the 1886 Prosecutions of Offences Regulations, until the ...
Mr Parkinson, who has been in post as head of the CPS for a year, said: “Our figure for the crown court backlog is a caseload of 82,000 and that is 85% above pre-Covid. So a very, very ...
The former defence lawyer, who has been at the helm of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for a year, told reporters the work was “particularly important” amid the delays, adding: “They are ...
The Crown Prosecution Service ... Stephen Parkinson (November 2023 – present) ... Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, ...
At Woolwich Crown Court, Parslow was given a minimum term of 22 years and eight months for attempted murder. ... In a victim impact statement read in court by the prosecution, he said he continued ...
The DPP was responsible for the prosecution of only a small number of major cases until 1986 when responsibility for prosecutions was transferred to a new Crown Prosecution Service with the DPP as its head. The Director is appointed by the Attorney General for England and Wales. The current DPP, since November 2023, is Stephen Parkinson. [7]
Stephen Parkinson may refer to: Stephen Parkinson (mathematician) (1823–1889), British mathematician and academic Stephen Parkinson (lawyer) (born 1957), English barrister, solicitor, and head of the Crown Prosecution Service