Peter Lewis (prosecutor)

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] Since April 2018 he has been Registrar of the International Criminal Court.

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

Career

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 Order 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. "About the CPS : Chief Executive". www.cps.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
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.

External links

• A portrait of Lewis by the photographer Mark Thomas
• An interview with Lewis in 2011