Peter Lewis (prosecutor)

Peter Lewis
Chief Executive
Crown Prosecution Service
In office
January 2007 – 31 March 2016
Attorney General The Baroness Scotland of Asthal (–2010)
Dominic Grieve (2010–2014)
Jeremy Wright (2014–retirement)
DPP Ken Macdonald (–2008)
Keir Starmer (2008–2013)
Alison Saunders (2013–retirement)
Preceded by Richard Foster
Succeeded by Nick Folland

Peter Edward Lewis CB is a retired British prosecutor, serving from 2007 until 2016 as the Chief Executive of the Crown Prosecution Service under the Director of Public Prosecutions.[1][2]

Lewis qualified as a solicitor in 1981, and started as a prosecutor in West Midlands Prosecuting Solicitors before joining the Crown Prosecution Service at its inception in 1986 when the police prosecutorial offices were merged into a single national body.[1]

Appointed as Chief Executive in January 2007 to replace Richard Foster, Lewis was the first Chief Executive of the service to be appointed from within the ranks having started as a prosecutor.[3] As of 2015, Lewis was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[4]

In February 2016, the CPS announced that Lewis would retire, and be replaced by Nick Folland from 16 March 2016.[2][5]

Lewis was made a Companion of the Bath in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2012.[6]

On 28 March 2018, he was elected Registrar to the International Criminal Court for a period of five years; and on 17 April, he was sworn in.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "About the CPS : Chief Executive". www.cps.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. 1 2 "New Chief Executive appointed at the Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  3. ↑ "Crown Prosecution Service Chief Executive appointed : Press Release : Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  4. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2016 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  6. ↑ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Peter Lewis". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Outsider Peter Lewis voted Registrar to reform the International Criminal Court". justiceinfo.net. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Foster		 Chief Executive, Crown Prosecution Service
2007–2016		 Succeeded by
Nick Folland
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