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Kim Brown and Josephine Maguire appointed as independent members of the Judicial Pension Board.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
More dangerous and influential terrorists will be separated in specialist units to thwart the spread of their poisonous ideology, the Deputy Prime Minister has announced today (27 April 2022).
Peter Fish and Catharine Seddon appointed as members of the Board of the Children’s and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).
Courts will continue working at full capacity to speed up justice as the cap on sitting days is lifted for another year, the government announced today (21 April 2022).
PSPRB Chair’s response to the 2022 England and Wales pay round activation letter from the Minister of State for Prisons and Probation.
In a boost for open justice, court and tribunal judgments are now freely available from The National Archives.
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.
Abused women, drug addicts and offenders serving short sentences will be supported to turn their lives away from crime, as the Government backs specialist schemes aimed at criminals more likely to reoffend.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Habib Motani as a non-lay member of the Legal Services Board for a tenure of 4 years commencing 18 April 2022.
The Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health and Social Care are pleased to announce that Dr Margaret Flynn has been appointed Chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum.
Landmark reforms introducing no-fault divorce aimed at reducing conflict between separating couples come into force today.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the reappointment of Brian Tytherleigh as a member of the Youth Justice Board.
More than 97% of offenders on sobriety tags have stayed off alcohol, a year after they were introduced in England following a successful pilot in Wales.
Public protection will be put back at the heart of the parole system to stop the release of dangerous offenders from prison.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss welcomes the decision to withdraw serving UK judges from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
Minister of State Victoria Atkins MP has approved the appointment of Colin Allars as the Chair of the Gov Facility Services Limited for three years from 1 April 2022.
Minister of State Victoria Atkins MP has approved the reappointment of Maura Sullivan as a Non-Executive Director of the Gov Facility Services Limited for three years from 1 April 2022.
Thousands of offenders will be required to give back to the communities they have harmed in a concerted week-long, nationwide clean-up.
Vital support services for victims of crime will be boosted by more than £440 million over the next three years.
The Deputy Prime Minister has gathered ministers from across the world to The Hague today (24 March 2022) to formulate an international package of support for International Criminal Court (ICC).
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