Sir Kenneth Donald John Macdonald, QC, is Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales ^[1]. In that office he is ex officio head of the Crown Prosecution Service. He was previously a defence barrister. Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ... The Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world. ... The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. ...

He studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1974. He was called to the bar in 1978 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1997. In 2001 he became a recorder (a part time judge) in the Crown Court. He was awarded a knighthood from the Queen in the 2007 New Year's Honours list. St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... In England and Wales, barristers (i. ... Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ... A Recorder is a barrister or solicitor of 10 years standing who serves as a part-time Crown court judge. ... Crown Court and County Court in Oxford. ...

Controversy

Shortly before becoming head of the CPS it was revealed that Sir Ken was once convicted of supplying cannabis when he was a student at Oxford University ^{[citation needed]}. The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. ... Cannabis (also known as marijuana[1] or ganja[2] in its herbal form and hashish in its resinous form[3]) is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa L. subsp. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

A small amount of controversy was generated when it emerged that Macdonald had been a law partner of the Prime Minister's (Tony Blair's) wife. Macdonald ran a barrister's chambers in London (that specialised in human rights legislation) with Cherie Booth. Prior to his appointment, however, Ken Macdonald had never prosecuted a single case. For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Cherie Blair QC (born in Bury, Greater Manchester on September 23, 1954), better known as the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is also a successful lawyer, in which capacity she uses her maiden name Cherie Booth. ...

The press ran a series of articles in early 2007 highlighting Macdonald's personal relationship with a female barrister, again a cause of minor controversy. ^{[citation needed]} Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Sir David Calvert-Smith QC (born April 1945) was Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales from 1998 to 2003 and is now a High Court judge. ... The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. ...

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