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: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<ref>''[https://twitter.com/MaxHillKC/status/1621824428777537538 "Parity between prosecution and defence fees"]''</ref>}} | :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<ref>''[https://twitter.com/MaxHillKC/status/1621824428777537538 "Parity between prosecution and defence fees"]''</ref>}} | ||
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Barrister [[Paul Powlesland]] of [[Lawyers for Nature]] tweeted:{{QB| | Barrister [[Paul Powlesland]] of [[Lawyers for Nature]] tweeted:{{QB| | ||
:On my way in to the Bar Council meeting this morning, I overheard someone talking about increasing fees for prosecutors. I said we don't want more prosecutors if they will be used to oppress peaceful climate activists. Just found out the person I was talking to was the [[DPP]]!<ref>''[https://twitter.com/paulpowlesland/status/1621821746901819396 "We don't want more prosecutors if they will be used to oppress peaceful climate activists"]''</ref>}} | :On my way in to the Bar Council meeting this morning, I overheard someone talking about increasing fees for prosecutors. I said we don't want more prosecutors if they will be used to oppress peaceful climate activists. Just found out the person I was talking to was the [[DPP]]!<ref>''[https://twitter.com/paulpowlesland/status/1621821746901819396 "We don't want more prosecutors if they will be used to oppress peaceful climate activists"]''</ref>}} | ||
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| + | ===Prosecute proper criminals=== | ||
| + | [[Patrick Haseldine]] retweeted:{{QB| | ||
| + | :DPP @MaxHillKC should use the extra funding to prosecute proper criminals who are engaged in #nhsprivatisation for example. @paulpowlesland @LawForNature @drbobgill @premnsikka @CrispinFlintoff<ref>''[https://twitter.com/BerntCarlsson/status/1621919580980486150 "Prosecute proper criminals"]''</ref>}} | ||
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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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