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  • Media Advisory: Contempt of Court Act

    Editors and publishers are reminded of their responsibilities under the Act and should take legal advice to ensure they fully comply

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Northern burglary gang receive increased prison sentences

    The Court of Appeal has today increased the unduly lenient sentences of Richard Copeland, Glenn Milburn and Ian Froom for a spate of burglaries in the north east of England.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • North Shields robbers receive increased sentences

    The Court of Appeal has today increased the unduly lenient sentences of Paul Oliver and Thomas Bailey to 19 years’ imprisonment with an extended four year licence period for a number of violent offences.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Newcastle paedophile’s sentence increased to six and a half years

    The Court of Appeal has today increased the custodial sentence of Bahmani Ahmadi to 6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Beccles rapist to spend longer in prison

    The Court of Appeal today increased the unduly lenient sentence handed to rapist Martin Tom.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Swansea armed robber found to be a dangerous offender

    The Court of Appeal today imposed an extended sentence of imprisonment against Swansea armed robber Robert Quinn after finding him to be a dangerous offender.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Law Officer Departments’ settlement at the Spending Review 2015

    The Chancellor has published the results of the spending review, including details of the Law Officers' Departments

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New First Senior Treasury Counsel announced

    The Attorney General has appointed Mark Heywood QC as First Senior Treasury Counsel (Criminal) to the Crown at the Central Criminal Court.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Exeter rapist sees sentence increase

    The Court of Appeal today quashed the 6 year sentence given to Exeter rapist Lawrence Fernandes and increased it to 12 years.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Attorney General's speech at the opening of National Pro Bono Week

    The Attorney General address to the opening of National Pro Bono Week at the Law Society

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • The Solicitor General on Disability Hate Crime

    An article from Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP on the need to address the growing problem of disability hate crime in the UK.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Devon carer's sentence increased to 15 years for sex attack on elderly patients

    The Court of Appeal has increased a 10 year sentence to 15 years for a care worker who sexually attacked three elderly residents in her care

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Attorney General presents the Government’s case on whole life prison tariffs

    The Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC MP, has today appeared for the UK Government before the European Court of Human Rights in a case which looks at whether the UK sentencing system for whole life sentences gives an adequa…

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • London and Essex rapists see sentence increase

    The Court of Appeal finds two rape sentences unduly lenient and increases them by a total of 16 years.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • The Importance of International Law for Government Lawyers

    The Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC MP's key note address to the Government Legal Service International Law Conference

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Solicitor General attends Overseas Territories General Conference

    Solicitor General, Robert Buckland, last week joined the Attorneys General of 11 of the UK’s Overseas Territories Annual Conference Anguilla

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Media advisory – complainant in Operation Midland

    An advisory to editors, publishers and social media users to avoid indentifying complainants in sexual abuse cases

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Robert Buckland addresses Police College on Disability Hate Crime

    The Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP has attended a hate crime co-ordinators meeting at the Police College in Ryton

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New inquests to be held into the deaths of a civilian and 8 IRA men

    New inquests are to be held into the deaths of a civilian and 8 IRA men who died on 8 May 1987 at Loughgall, the Advocate General for Northern Ireland, Jeremy Wright QC has announced.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • The Limits of the Law – The role of compliance in the 21st Century

    Solicitor General’s keynote address to the 33rd Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government