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The rule that no attorney general may be a cabinet minister is a political convention rather than a law, and for a short time the attorney general did sit in cabinet, [4] starting with Sir Rufus Isaacs in 1912 and ending with Douglas Hogg in 1928. [17]
The law officers are the senior legal advisors to His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom and devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.They are variously referred to as the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Lord Advocate, or Advocate General depending on seniority and geography – though other terms are also in use, such as the Counsel General for Wales.
Former Attorney General and Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, wrote in The Telegraph that Hermer should "come clean" about his past clients – "or resign". [179] Braverman said that the law officers' convention offered "thin cover", and argued that the "perception of bias" regarding Hermer's involvement in the Afghanistan inquiry was "undeniable."
Between September 2021 and 2024 [17] Sackman worked as a barrister at Matrix Chambers along with Richard Hermer the current Attorney General for England and Wales [9] [18] [19] [20] and worked on a number of cases mainly focused on Public and Environmental Law.
In Australia, the attorney-general is the chief law officer of the Crown and a member of the Cabinet. The Attorney-General is the minister responsible for legal affairs, national and public security, and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Mark Dreyfus is the current Attorney-General.
The Law Officers Act 1997 (c. 60) is an act of Parliament which allows the Solicitor General for England and Wales to exercise the powers of the Attorney General for England and Wales or the Advocate General for Northern Ireland (ex-officio the Attorney General) without the Attorney General needing to explicitly authorise the Solicitor General or for an enactment to separately grant powers to ...
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It supports the Attorney General and their deputy, the Solicitor General (together, the Law officers of the Crown in England and Wales). It is sometimes referred to as the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers.
Pages in category "Attorneys general for England and Wales" The following 122 pages are in this category, out of 122 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .