“Richard Hermer KC has been appointed Attorney General @attorneygeneral . He will attend Cabinet,” the UL PM’s official account tweeted.
As an Attorney General, Hermer’s work will be the specific statutory duty to superintend the discharge of duties by the director of public prosecutions (who heads the Crown prosecution service) and the director of the serious fraud office.
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Hermer is not an MP so he will be given a life peerage to allow him to sit in the House of Lords. In the role he will also oversee the Crown Prosecution Service, which Sir Keir Starmer led between 2008 and 2013, reported BBC.
Hermer, a prominent lawyer, previously worked at Doughty Street Chambers, the former chambers of Sir Keir Starmer, before transitioning to Matrix Chambers. This story is trending on Google.
Throughout his career, Hermer has been involved in notable human rights cases against the government. He represented Abu Zubaydah, who accused the UK of colluding in torture, and also acted on behalf of Kenyans who “sued the government for alleged torture in the colonial era.”
As a result of Hermer’s appointment, Emily Thornberry, the former shadow attorney general, is now without a position, as per BBC.
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