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Law Officers' speeches

The Attorney General and Solicitor General are often called upon to give speeches on subjects touching on their roles as Law Officers.

Recent speeches
 
  2008
  Solicitor General Speech: GLS Northern Ireland - 'European Law and Human Rights', 12 November 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: National Pro Bono Week, MPs' Reception, House of Commons, 11 November 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Launch of Pro Bono Week, Royal Courts of Justice, 10 November 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: FSA International Boiler Room Conference, 10 November 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Launch of the International Pro Bono Database and Statement of Principles, 3 November 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: Sussex Specialist Domestic Violence Courts Launch, 24 October 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Legal Lives Conference, 14 October 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Criminal Justice Management Conference, 7 October 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: Attorney General's Panels of Civil Counsel "Widening the Pool" Event, 30 September 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Asset Recovery, 18 September 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: Launch of Conditional Cautions for Women Pilot Scheme, Leeds, 22 August 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: Crimes Against Older People - Prosecution Policy, Victoria Park Plaza, 15 July 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: World Bar Conference 2008, 30 June 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: ACPO Family Liaison Conference, 23 June 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: "The Role of the United Kingdom in the International Fight Against Fraud", 17 June 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: FT Global Events & the Banker 6th Annual Conference: Combating Financial Crime 2008 "A collaborative approach to fighting crime", 12 June 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Tackling Gangs Action Plan, 22 May 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: Family Violence and Specialist Courts, 22-23 May 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Luncheon address Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) President's Annual Lunch, 14th May 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Honour Based Violence - Oxford Conference, 28 March 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: Frontline Forum Event - 'Victims - A Voice for All' - Victoria Plaza Hotel, London, 27 March 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: CPS - Racist and Religious Crimes - Mermaid Conference and Event Centre, London, 19 March 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: 'Tackling the Demand for Prostitution and Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation' - London South Bank University, 7 March 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: CPS Special Crime Division Conference - Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough, 4 March 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: 'The Caribbean in 2020: Sinking, Surviving or Prospering - A UK Perspective' - Wilton Park Conference, 28 February 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: North East Restorative Community Partnership - Durham County Cricket Club, 8 February 2008
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  Solicitor General Speech: Strategic Plan for Reducing Re-Offending - Durham County Cricket Club, 18 January 2008
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  Attorney General Speech: Criminal Bar Association, 15 January 2008
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  2007
  Solicitor General Speech: Survivors Trust - Warwick University, 11 December 2007
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  Solicitor General Speech: Homophobic & Transphobic Policy Guidance - Mermaid Conference Centre, 27 November 2007
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  SG Speech North East Scambusters' Conference - Cleveland, 23 November 2007
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  SG Speech: GLS Annual Conference, 21 November 2007
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  SG University of Teeside Speech: Impact of law on Women, 16 November 2007
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  SG Cleveland Police Speech: Forced Marriage & Honour Based Violence, 16 November 2007
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  SG Speech: Criminal Justice Strategy - London Metropolitan University, 15 November 2007
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  SG Speech: Pro Bono Legal Advice - University of Manchester, 13 November 2007
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  AG Speech: Tackling Hate Crime in Europe - City Hall, London, SE1, 12 November 2007
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  AG Speech: Lifeline Network - Portcullis House, 1 November 2007
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  SG Speech to the Annual Prosecutors Conference, 30 October 2007
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  SG Speech to the Human Rights Law Conference, 30 October 2007
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  SG Speech: Human Trafficking - CPS, 12 October 2007
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  SG Speech to the Bar Council, 3 October 2007
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  AG Speech at Chatham House, 28 September 2007
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AG Speech to Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong, 21 September 2007

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  Preston Centre for Restorative Justice , 12 September 2007
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  AG Speech to Launch of Justice Assistance Network, 16 May 2007
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  AG Speech at the 10th Anniversary of the Independent Service Prosecuting Authorities at RAF Uxbridge, 23 April 2007
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  AG Speech to Intelligent Investigations Forum: combatting financial crime, 12 April 2007
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  AG Speech on launch of Government response to Fraud Review, 15 March 2007
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  AG Speech to American Bar Association, 12 February 2007
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  AG John Bolton Memorial Lecture, Expert Evidence, 25 January 2007
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  2006
  AG Speech to the Rule of Law Symposium- 16 September 2006
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  AG Speech to American College of Trial Lawyers- 15 September 2006
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  First Annual Nottingham Pro Bono Lecture - 6 June 2006
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  Statement on the fatal shootings of Sergeant Steven Roberts and Zaher Zaher and associated CPS review note - 27 April 2006
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  AG Speech on the new proposals for conduct of fraud trials - to Fraud Advisory Panel - 22 March 2006
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  AG Speech to the Employed Barristers' Conference - One Bar Many Careers - 17 March 2006
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  LSE law department and Clifford Chance lecture series on rule of law, organised in conjunction with justice. "Government and the rule of law in the modern age" - 22 February 2006
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  2005
  Attorney General's Speech to the CBBE (Paris) Balancing Security and Fundamental Rights - the EU Presidency view - 19 November 2005
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  Attorney General's Keynote Speech at the Financial Service Authority's Second Annual Financial Crime Conference - 15 November 2005
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  Attorney General's Speech to the Refuge Annual domestic violence conference - 15 November 2005
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  Attorney General's Speech to the GLS Conference - Working together to provide quality legal services to Government - 11 November 2005
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  Solicitor General's Speech to CPS rape co-ordinators' conference - 8 November 2005
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  Attorney General's Speech to Whitehall Prosecutors Conference 2005 - 4 October 2005
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  'How far can laws reach? The problem of extraterritoriality.' Speech at the IBA conference in Prague - 28 September 2005
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  Attorney General's Speech to the 23rd International Symposium on Economic Crime - 5 September 2005
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  Attorney General's Speech to the International Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law - 27 June 2005
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  Attorney General's Speech to The Fulbright Commission - 25 June 2005
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  Solicitor General's Speech to Southwark Environment Conference - 13 January 2005
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  2004 and earlier
  Exclusive interview for Criminal Justice Management- November 2004
  The Attorney General told Colin Graham about the Government's strategy for developing a coherent, public-facing justice service - View Interview - Leading for the Prosecution
  Speech to the Law for Journalists Conference - November 2003
  In November 2003, the Attorney General gave a speech to the Law for Journalists Conference. View Speech
  Speech to mark Inauguration of a Magna Carta Exhibition - 3 July 2002
  The Attorney General was invited by the Philadelphia Bar Association to give a speech to mark the Inauguration of a Magna Carta Exhibition, which he was also invited to open. The speech, which drew on the common law links between to two countries and was given on 3 July 2002. View Speech
  KPMG Law Lecture 2002 - 22nd May 2002
  At the invitation of KPMG, the Attorney General delivered the annual lecture for 2002 on 22nd May. His subject was "Tackling Fraud in 2002. View Speech
  Liberty Annual Conference Speech 2002 - 8 June 2002
  On 8 June 2002 the AG gave the keynote address to Liberty's Annual Conference on the theme - "Human Rights the Civil Liberties - is there a contradiction in asking the state to defend our freedoms?". View Speech 
  The 13th Annual Tom Sargent Memorial Lecture - 20 November 2001
  On 20 November 2001, the Attorney General gave the 13th Annual Tom Sargent Memorial Lecture on "Politics, Public Interest and Prosecutions". View Speech


 
 
 
 
 
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