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Frontline probation services will be boosted by more than 1,000 new recruits as part of a major three-year plan to strengthen the supervision of offenders unveiled today.
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Full text of the speech given by Robert Buckland QC to the judiciary about judicial independence, reform and future
The Government is to legalise the remote witnessing of wills – making it easier for people to record their final wishes during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lord Chancellor has announced the appointment of Flora Page and Stephen Gowland as new non-lay members of the Legal Services Board and an extension to Marina Gibbs’ tenure as lay member.
Alan Weale, a electrician at HMP Warren Hill has gone above and bee-yond by donating two colonies of bees from his own apiary in Suffolk.
People managing their loved ones’ affairs will find it easier to safeguard their finances and wellbeing after a new online service is launched today (17 July 2020).
Victims of terror atrocities at home and overseas are to benefit from a new dedicated compensation scheme under government plans to boost the support offered to people injured by violent crime.
Her Majesty the Queen, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has appointed 3 Commissioners and reappointed 5 Commissioners to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Anyone who assaults or attacks emergency workers could face longer jail terms, as a consultation on doubling the maximum penalty for the offence is launched today.
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.
Youth cautions and multiple conviction rule to be removed from automatic disclosure.
Sir Richard Heaton will conclude his service at the Ministry of Justice later this summer when his five-year tenure comes to an end.
More than 100,000 civil money claims have been issued in just 18 months using HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s online service.
Letter from Minister Chalk to Jess Phillips MP on the second tranche of the government amendments tabled for Commons Report stage.
Letter from ministers to Jess Phillips MP on the first tranche of the government amendments tabled for Commons Report stage.
A 6 week consultation launched today (2 July 2020) seeks to deliver on the public’s wish – expressed in the 2016 referendum – for British courts to be the ultimate arbiters of our law.
The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland has today (1 July 2020) outlined a 'renewal for justice' as courts harness increased investment, improved technology and a range of emergency measures to recover from the coronavir…
An extra £285 million-worth of improvements to courts and prisons this year will see hundreds of businesses supported and thousands of jobs created, as part of the Prime Minister’s plan for economic recovery.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Nick Ephgrave as policing member of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, for a period of 3 years from 26 June 2020.
Four new prisons are to be built across England over the next six years.
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