The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Jonathan Simon Djanogly is an English politician and solicitor,who was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 2001 to 2024. Djanogly has been Trade and Industry Spokesman shadowing the Department for Business,Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales and was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice from 2010 to 2012.
Sir Robert James MacGillivray Neill KC (Hon) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Chislehurst from 2006 to 2024.
The Government Legal Department is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Profession.
His Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown,whose duty it is to advise the Crown and His Majesty's Government on Scots law. The Office of the Advocate General for Scotland is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. The position is currently occupied by Catherine Smith KC.
The Order of precedence in New Zealand is a guide to the relative seniority of constitutional office holders and certain others,to be followed,as appropriate at State and official functions. The previous order of precedence was revoked and Queen Elizabeth II approved the following Order of Precedence in New Zealand effective 20 September 2018:
- The Monarch of New Zealand.
- The Governor-General or,while acting in the place of the Governor-General,the officer administering the Government
- The Prime Minister
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives
- The Chief Justice
- The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
- The Deputy Prime Minister
- Ministers of the Crown
- Former Governors-General
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners in New Zealand and Chargés d’Affaires accredited to New Zealand.
- The Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives
- Leaders,including co-leaders and joint leaders,of political parties represented in the House of Representatives,other than Ministers of the Crown.
- Members of the House of Representatives. There is no established order of precedence over members of parliament in general,although each party has its internal ranking.
- Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand,the Court of Appeal and the High Court of New Zealand.
- Former Prime Ministers,former Speakers of the House of Representatives,former Chief Justices,and members of the Privy Council.
- Mayors of territorial authorities and chairpersons of regional councils,while in their own cities,districts and regions. In 1989,boroughs and counties were amalgamated into district councils. District mayors,and the Chatham Islands mayor could expect to be accorded this same precedence.
- The Public Service Commissioner,Chief of Defence Force,Commissioner of Police,and Officers of Parliament .
- The Solicitor-General,Clerk of the House of Representatives,and Clerk of the Executive Council when attending a function involving the exercise of the position’s specific responsibilities.
- Chief executives of public service and non-public service departments.
- The Vice Chief of Defence Force,and Chiefs of Navy,Army and Air Force,and other statutory office holders.
- Consuls-General and Consuls of countries without diplomatic representation in New Zealand.
- Members of New Zealand and British orders,and holders of decorations and medals in accordance with the Order of Wear in New Zealand.
Durham Law School is the law school of Durham University in Durham,England. In 2022,Durham Law was ranked 5th in the UK in a league table which averaged the rankings of the Complete University Guide,The Guardian and the Times University League Table. Durham Law School is ranked 42nd in the world for law in the 2023 Times Higher Education ranking and 46th in the world for law by the 2023 QS ranking.
Sir Paul Christopher Jenkins,KCB,QC (Hon),was a British barrister.
Sir Thomas Whinfield Scholar is a British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2022. He was previously the prime minister's adviser on European and global issues in the Cabinet Office from 2013 to 2016. He has been a director of the nationalised bank Northern Rock,and served as chief of staff for Gordon Brown.
Brick Court Chambers is a set of barristers' chambers in the Temple district of central London. It specialises in commercial,EU,competition and public law. It is considered by legal commentators to be one of the 'Magic Circle' of London's most prestigious commercial barristers' chambers. Brick Court Chambers was founded in 1921 by William Jowitt KC,who later became Lord Chancellor. It rose to prominence in the 1970s,with an increase in shipping and international trade litigation.
Sir Robert James Buckland is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021,and as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he was first elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon in 2010,holding the seat until the 2024 general election.
Sir Stephen Charles Laws,is a British lawyer and civil servant who served as the First Parliamentary Counsel between 2006 and 2012.
Sir Martin Eugene Donnelly,is a British former civil servant. His roles included permanent secretary of the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills (2010–2016),and of the Department for International Trade (2016–2017).
Sir David Hugh Wootton is an English lawyer and politician. He was the 684th Lord Mayor of London,from 2011 to 2012,and is was Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn until 2nd November 2024,when he retired from the Court of Aldermen. .
Michael James Tomlinson-Mynors is a British politician and barrister who served in the Cabinet as Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration from December 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Dorset and North Poole from 2015 to 2024. He previously served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from September 2022 to December 2023 and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from July to September 2022.
The 1894 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen,and were published in the London Gazette on 25 May 1894. and in The Times on 26 May 1894.
Sir Gerald Albery Hosker,KCB,KC (Hon) is a retired British lawyer and public servant.
The Legal Adviser to the Home Office is a senior government lawyer and the chief legal adviser to the Home Office. The office was formally established in 1933,but older offices with similar functions date back to the early nineteenth century.
Susanna Justine McGibbon is a barrister and senior British civil servant who currently serves as HM Procurator General,Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service,and so Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department. She previously served as Director General of the Government Legal Department and Director General of the Department for Work and Pensions' Legal Group.
Sir Andrew Raymond Henshaw is a British High Court judge.
