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The Attorney General's Office (AGO) provides high quality legal and strategic policy advice and support to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers).

The Attorney General's main responsibilities are:

  • Chief legal adviser to the Government and Parliament
  • Guardian of the rule of law and the public interest
  • Superintendence of the prosecuting departments

The Attorney General and the Solicitor General are also Criminal Justice Ministers.

On this website you can find publications, news releases, information about us and on our work and contact details.

Links to the organisations the Attorney General superintends are in the green panel.

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Latest News

02 March 2010

Young people encouraged to explore the link between art and law

Tate Modern yesterday hosted an Attorney General's Youth Network event to kick-start an expansion of the network into the fields of performing and visual arts

25 February 2010

Solicitor General: sex crime conviction and attrition rates - what are they and what should they be?

Solicitor General Vera Baird QC, examines current practice on treating cases of rape and sexual offences in the criminal justice system and calls for a new way of looking at statistics.

24 February 2010

Sentence for domestic violence attack doubled after appeal by Attorney General

The Attorney General, Baroness Patricia Scotland QC has successfully appealed the sentence of a man who attacked his wife with a heated iron.

16 February 2010

'Edlington boys' minimum terms not to be referred as Unduly Lenient

The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has decided not to refer the sentences imposed on two boys, now aged 11 and 12, for an attack on two others to the Court of Appeal.

05 February 2010

Attorney General praises Exeter's Contribution to the Justice System

The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, is today visiting two projects in Exeter to see first hand how they coordinate partnerships between law students, courts and the local council to really make a difference to the justice system

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