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If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
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How to complain to the Attorney General's Office if you think someone's sentence is too low - and what happens if the Court of Appeal get involved
Victims of rape and serious sexual assaults who face their cases being dropped by prosecutors will, for the first time, be given the right to have it reviewed by a different prosecutor, as part of the Government鈥檚 pledge to 鈥�
What being in 'contempt of court' means, who can be in contempt of court, what the consequences are, how to report it, how to avoid it on social media (such as Twitter and Facebook).
Applications to join the Attorney General鈥檚 Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group are now open
On 29 May 2025, the Attorney General Lord Hermer KC delivered the RUSI Annual Security Lecture, reinforcing the government's commitment to international law.
皇冠体育app Attorney General鈥檚 Guidelines on Disclosure for investigators, prosecutors and defence practitioners on the application of the disclosure regime.
A sex offender has had his sentence increased following intervention by the then Solicitor General, 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Recent sentences examined by the Attorney General鈥檚 Office under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme
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