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The Lord Chancellor writes to the Chair of the SSRB about the annual judicial pay review 2024 to 2025.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Amy McEvoy, as the Justices’ Legal Adviser member of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, for 4 years from 1 December 2023.
Mike Freer MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, has approved the reappointment of Flora Page, as a non-lay member of the Legal Services Board, for 4 years from 1 August 2024.
The Ministry of Justice has today (18 December 2023) taken over the running of HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire for an interim period to improve safety and security at the prison.
The government has signed the Hillsborough Charter, pledging to learn the lessons and make sure no family suffers the same injustices.
The government responds to advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on preventing drug misuse among vulnerable groups of people.
Genealogists, historians and amateur family archivists will be better able to access historic wills under proposals published today (15 December 2023).
Extra staff have been deployed to HMP Bedford to reduce violence and self-harm as part of a package of urgent measures to improve conditions at the prison.
Government brings forward target to relocate 22,000 roles out of London from 2030 to 2027. Aberdeen, Darlington and Greater Manchester are to host second headquarters for major departments.
His Majesty The King, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has approved the appointment of 5 commissioners to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
His Majesty The King, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has approved the appointment of one Commissioner to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
More legal professionals are being encouraged to help prevent domestic abusers cross-examining their victims in court with a new expenses policy launched today ( 7 December 2023).
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council with Policing experience.
The Justice Secretary on the government's response to Bishop James Jones' report on the Hillsborough disaster.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Professor Seena Fazel as member of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody.
Families could be given a greater role in the registering of their loved one’s death following an inquest under a planned Government consultation.
The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor confirmed today (4 December 2023) that the preferred candidate for the role of HMCIP is Martin Jones.
Bolstered prison security has thwarted thousands of attempts to smuggle drugs, weapons and phones behind bars as the clampdown on prison rule breakers advances.
The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP set out a broad and ambitious vision for the future of the civil and family courts and tribunals.
Thousands of rehabilitated ex-prisoners serving long-since abolished indefinite sentences will become eligible to have their licence period terminated earlier as part of new reforms.
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