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The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Elisabetta Sciallis as a lay member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee.
Mike Freer MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, has approved the appointments of Clare Brown, as a non-lay member and Kate Briscoe and Lizzie Peers, as lay members of the LSB.
Homicide Service expanded to support more people impacted by homicide and tragedies such as Grenfell Tower fire.
£15 million for services that work with women in the justice system.
Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has today (26 May 2023) outlined a package of urgent measures to improve safety and rehabilitation at HMYOI Cookham Wood, including additional staff being deployed and a major crackdown on weapo…
Full text of the speech given by Alex Chalk MP as he was sworn in as the Lord Chancellor at the Royal Courts of Justice.
Over 6 million more people now eligible for legal aid advice and representation.
More than double the number of ex-offenders found work following a major government drive to reduce reoffending and plug labour shortages to help grow the economy.
Hundreds of Albanian prisoners to be returned to their home country in exchange for UK support to help modernise the Albanian prison system.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the interim appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon as a policing member of the Sentencing Council.
The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has announced the reappointment of Philip Brook Smith KC and Susan Humble as members of the Tribunal Procedure Committee.
New offence for encouraging serious self-harm with perpetrators facing 5 years behind bars.
Victims and Prisoners Bill will stop unnecessary and invasive access to personal materials such as therapy notes.
New rules will see up to 4,500 more lawyers from diverse backgrounds eligible to become judges under plans announced by the government today (11 May 2023).
Extra £6 million to support up to 2,000 more people in complex family cases.
Terrorist prisoners to be banned from taking leading roles in religious services.
New Lord Chancellor announces 13,000 cameras now available to every prison officer on shift.
A further update on work MOJ is doing to respond to the CJEU judgment of November 2018 in O’Brien No.2 and the Supreme Court’s judgment in Miller of December 2019.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Roy Grant and Nigel Cotgrove to the Prison Service Pay Review Body.
Correspondence from the PSPRB Chair to the Minister of State for Justice for Prisons and Probation in response to the 2023 timetable and receipt of evidence.
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