Director of Public Prosecutions

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legal profession role public office

The Director of Public Prosecutions is the head of the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales, responsible for overseeing criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Director of Public Prosecutions (Northern Ireland) 1
Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales 1
Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland (historically) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal profession role ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
appointedBy Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
country England and Wales ⓘ
createdFor independent prosecution of criminal offences ⓘ
employer Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
hasAuthority to decide whether prosecutions should be brought ⓘ
to discontinue prosecutions ⓘ
to issue guidance to prosecutors ⓘ
hasDuty to act in the public interest ⓘ
to apply the Code for Crown Prosecutors ⓘ
to ensure fairness in prosecutions ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver criminal prosecutions in England and Wales ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 ⓘ
hasSeat London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
headOf Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Director of Public Prosecutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Director of Public Prosecutions (Northern Ireland)

Director of Public Prosecutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Director of Public Prosecutions of Ireland

Lord Advocate ⓘ
surface form: Lord Advocate (Scotland)
isPartOf executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
officeHolderOf Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
officeType non-ministerial office ⓘ
oversees Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
surface form: Crown Prosecutors

conduct of prosecutions in magistrates’ courts ⓘ
conduct of prosecutions in the Crown Court ⓘ
criminal charging decisions by the Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
partOf Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
criminal justice system of England and Wales ⓘ
precededBy earlier forms of public prosecutor for England and Wales ⓘ
reportsTo Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
represents the Crown in criminal proceedings ⓘ
the public interest in criminal prosecutions ⓘ
requiresQualification qualified lawyer ⓘ
substantial experience in criminal law ⓘ
responsibleFor overseeing criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state ⓘ
supervision of public prosecutions ⓘ
scope state criminal prosecutions ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
subordinateTo Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
uses Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
surface form: Code for Crown Prosecutors
workField criminal justice administration ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
public prosecution ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attorney General for Northern Ireland → hasAuthorityOver → Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland (historically)
Crown Prosecution Service → hasChief → Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales
Council of the Indies → hasMember → Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: fiscal (crown attorney)
Director of Public Prosecutions → isDistinctFrom → Director of Public Prosecutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director of Public Prosecutions (Northern Ireland)
Director of Public Prosecutions → isDistinctFrom → Director of Public Prosecutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director of Public Prosecutions of Ireland
Keir Starmer → positionHeld → Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ
Crown Prosecution Service → predecessor → Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ