Justice minister Jeremy Wright is to become the new attorney general as No. 10′s cabinet reshuffle brings to an end Dominic Grieve’s four-year stint as the government’s chief legal adviser.

Wright, the Conservative MP for Kenilworth and Southam, was called to the bar in 1996, and has served as justice minister with specific responsibility for prisons and rehabilitation since September 2012. He specialises in criminal law, and is a member of the crime group at No. 5 Chambers.