Crown Servant

Crown servant in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Crown servant. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Crown servant in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Crown servant in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Crown Servant

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Crown Servant : Any person in the employment of the Crown (this does not include police officers or local government employees). The Crown employs its servants at will and can therefore dismiss them at any time. However, since 1971 statute has given civil servants the right to bring proceedings for *unfair dismissal before employment tribunals. A civil servant can bring proceedings against the Crown for arrears of pay but a member of the armed forces cannot. Crown servants are subject to the Official Secrets Act 1989. Since the 1980s the number of Crown servants has been reduced substantially, as the government has pursued a policy of *privatization of former public-sector functions. Some bodies have become executive agencies (*executive agency).