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The 6th summit between Attorneys General from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA and England and Wales took place in London last week

• Updated: 14 July 2014

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Cybercrime will be discussed by Attorneys General from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA and England/Wales.

• Updated: 10 July 2014

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Attorney General announces 4 new lawyers who will prosecute some of the most serious criminal cases in the country.

• Updated: 23 June 2014

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Ahead of the Scottish independence referendum, the Attorney General reflected on the unique ties between our legal systems.

• Updated: 10 June 2014

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The International Criminal Court is looking at allegations of historic detainee abuse in Iraq. Attorney General responds for the government.

• Updated: 13 May 2014

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On 29 and 30 April the UK and US hosted the Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery to help the people of Ukraine recover their stolen assets.

• Updated: 1 May 2014

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Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP presented the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Awards at the House of Commons

• Updated: 7 April 2014

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Family of Private Cheryl James can now apply to the High Court for a new inquest into her death.

• Updated: 25 March 2014

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The Attorney General asks people to take care when commenting online ahead of the Hillsborough inquest

• Updated: 10 March 2014

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Statement from the Attorney General as triple killer has sentence increased

• Updated: 18 February 2014

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Statement and background to the case at the Court of Appeal today

• Updated: 24 January 2014

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Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP keynote speech at the launch of new Bar Standards Board handbook

• Updated: 23 January 2014

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Timothy Cray, Duncan Penny and Sarah Whitehouse have been appointed as Senior Treasury Counsel (Criminal), at the Central Criminal Court.

• Updated: 8 January 2014

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

Discussing the history and importance of trial juries and how to deal with problems.

• Updated: 12 December 2013

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

Future advisory notes from the Attorney General will be published to help prevent social media users from committing a contempt of court

• Updated: 4 December 2013

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

Guidance for the legal profession on how material must be shared before and during trials.

• Updated: 3 December 2013

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

European institutions should ensure they abide by the rule of law, says the Attorney General.

• Updated: 3 December 2013

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

Man admits knowingly breaching an injunction on images or information claiming to be the adults Jon Venables or Robert Thompson

• Updated: 27 November 2013

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

Meeting promoted good governance in all territories under the British flag

• Updated: 15 November 2013

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

Speech at City of London Guildhall on the central importance to the British economy of the rule of law.

• Updated: 15 October 2013

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