Max Hill QC
Director of Public Prosecutions
Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP
Attorney General
2 October 2021
Dear Attorney,
Sections 71 to 74 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
I write further to my letter of 2 October 2020 to your predecessor, which…
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