Max Hill
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Max Hill KC (barrister) | ||||||||||||
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Born | 1964 | |||||||||||
Alma mater | St Peter's College (Oxford) | |||||||||||
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Max Benjamin Rowland Hill KC is the Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, succeeding Alison Saunders as from 1 November 2018. Previously, Max Hill was the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation in the United Kingdom, replacing David Anderson in 2017.[1]
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Background
Max Hill was born in Hertfordshire in 1964. He attended state primary schools and, following a family move to Northumberland, the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He won a Scholarship to study Law at St Peter’s College, Oxford, from 1983-6. He qualified as a barrister in 1987 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2008.
Increasing fees for prosecutors
On 4 February 2023, Max Hill tweeted:
- As I have just confirmed with @thebarcouncil, we have secured necessary additional funding from @hmtreasury allowing us to press ahead with increases in prosecution fees to restore parity with defence fees. @TheCriminalBar @CPSUK[2]
Lawyers for Nature unsure
Barrister Paul Powlesland of Lawyers for Nature tweeted:
Prosecute proper criminals
Patrick Haseldine retweeted:
- DPP @MaxHillKC should use the extra funding to prosecute proper criminals who are engaged in #nhsprivatisation for example. @paulpowlesland @LawForNature @drbobgill @premnsikka @CrispinFlintoff[4]
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