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His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales is the chief legal adviser to the sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales as well as the highest ranking amongst the law officers of the Crown.
- Victoria Prentis’ Biography
- Political Career
- Career Outside Politics
Victoria Prentis was appointed Attorney General on 25 October 2022. Victoria was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 7 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. Her responsibilities included the labour market and Universal Credit. Previous to that she served as Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food...
Victoria served on the Justice Select Committee from 2015 to 2019, the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments from 2015 to 2017, and as a lay member on the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art from 2019. Victoria also served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General from 2019 to 2020, to the Leader of the House of Commons...
Victoria was called to the bar in 1995. For seventeen years Victoria was a lawyer for the Treasury Solicitors’ Department and headed up the government’s Justice and Security team. Her responsibilities included providing advice on military, prisons and national security matters and representing the government in court.
- Attorney General's Office
Jul 9, 2024 · Richard Hermer KC, the newly-appointed attorney-general for England and Wales, has been a key figure in several contentious cases where the UK government’s conduct in sensitive foreign policy...
Sep 7, 2022 · The Prime Minister has appointed Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP as Attorney General for England and Wales, and Michael Tomlinson MP as Solicitor General.
As an Attorney General, Hermer's work will be the specific statutory duty to superintend the discharge of duties by the director of public prosecutions (who heads the Crown prosecution...
The Attorney General’s Office supports the functions of the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers). The role of the Law Officers includes: Acting as Chief Legal Adviser...
Sep 23, 2024 · There are three UK government law officers: the attorney general, the solicitor general and the advocate general. Lord Hermer KC is the attorney general, Sarah Sackman MP is the solicitor general and Baroness Smith KC is the advocate general for Scotland.
