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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
- is Chief Legal Adviser to the Crown;
- is a Minister of the Crown with responsibility for superintending the prosecuting departments, and
- has a number of independent public interest functions.
The Attorney General also holds the separate office of Advocate General for Northern Ireland. The Advocate General for Scotland is the UK Law Officer with specific responsibility for Scots law matters.
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.
Latest News
20 August 2010
Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP has decided not to refer the case of Elcock and Lyzai to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient.
27 July 2010
Report and data on setences the previous Attorney and Solicitor General were asked to examine in 2009.
17 July 2010
The newly appointed Solicitor General, Edward Garnier QC MP, has stressed the fundamental role of the Law Officers in legislative procedure
14 May 2010
New Attorney General and Solicitor General take up their posts.
12 May 2010
Dominic Grieve appointed Attorney General
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