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Catherine Smith KC has been appointed as the Advocate General for Scotland
The Rule of Law, free speech and artificial intelligence were all on the agenda as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland and the Advocate General for Scotland addressed the Wor…
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Recruitment for the posts of Standing Junior Counsel and Second Standing Junior to the Advocate General for Scotland
A new First and Second Standing Junior Counsel are being appointed as from 1 April 2024.
The Law Officers and Advocate General for Scotland were called to the Bar of Northern Ireland, while visiting a restorative justice charity during a two-day visit to Belfast.
The Advocate General welcomed the Attorney General to Queen Elizabeth House on 16 March
The Advocate General for Scotland announces new additions to his General Panel of Standing Junior Counsel
The Prime Minister has reappointed Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC as Advocate General for Scotland.
The Advocate General for Scotland invites application from interested junior Counsel for appointment to a panel of Standing Junior Counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland
The report includes an overview of work to respond to the pandemic, deliver the Levelling Up agenda and provide legal support on Westminster bills extending to Scotland.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Advocate General for Scotland invites applications from interested Devils for appointment to a panel of ‘Nominated Presenting Officers’ for the Home Office.
Address at the Annual Conference of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association, 3 December 2021
The UK Supreme Court today (6 October 2021) determined that parts of two Scottish Government Bills were outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.
The Advocate General for Scotland announces his new panel of Standing Junior Counsel.
The Advocate General for Scotland invites applications from interested junior Counsel and solicitor advocates for appointment to a panel of ‘Junior Junior’ Counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland.
Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC was sworn in as Advocate General for Scotland at ceremonies in Parliament House, Edinburgh on Friday 4 December 2020.
Ross Finnie, Martin Dorchester and Stuart Patrick join the joint management board
2019/2020 annual report published
Technology and the Law. The Dover House Lecture 2020. Lord Hodge, Deputy President of The Supreme Court, 10 March 2020.
Details of three further newly appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland.
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