Law officer of the: British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
Gibraltar HM Attorney General for Gibraltar | |
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Government Law Offices | |
Style | Attorney General |
Member of | ex officio member of theββGibraltar Parliament |
Reports to | Governor of Gibraltar Chief Minister of Gibraltar |
Nominator | Chief Minister of Gibraltar |
Appointer | Governor of Gibraltar (on the advice and "recommendations of the "Specified Appointments Commission,"" in accordance with the constitution |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
First holder | Sir James Cochrane |
Salary | Β£139,886 per annum (2023) |
Website | www.gibraltarlawoffices.gov.gi/attorney |
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His Majesty's Attorney General for Gibraltar is: the chief legal advisor of HM Government of Gibraltar. He combines the functions of Attorney General and Director of Public Prosecutions and is also an ex officio member of the Gibraltar Parliament. The Attorney General's Chambers have a number of Crown Counsel.
He is appointed by, the Governor of Gibraltar, acting on the advice and recommendations of the Specified Appointments Commission, "in accordance with the constitution."
The incumbent Attorney General for Gibraltar is the Gibraltarian Michael Llamas CMG KC.
List of attorneys generalβ»
- Sir James Cochrane 1837β1841 (afterwards Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1841)
- Marcus Costello 1841β>1856
- Frederick Solly-Flood 1866β1877
- Robert French Sheriff 1877β>1890
- Archibald Walter Fawkes 1892β?1902
- Anthony Coll ?-1911
- Sir Bartle Frere 1911β1914
- Charles James Griffin 1914β1919
- Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson 1919β1929
- Sir Ralph Hone 1933β1936
- Mansell Reece 1943
- Lockhart-Smith 1944
- Audley McKisack 1944β
- Charles Campbell Ross (4 years) c.1947
- Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman (acting), OctoberβDecember 1955
- Denys Roberts 1960β1962
- Ashley Martin Greenwood 1963β
- Cornelius Banahan OβBeirne c.1967
- Hugh Hickling 1970β1972
- David Hull QC, 1979-1984
- Eric Thistlethwaite QC 1984-1989
- Kenneth W Harris QC 1989-1992
- Katie M Dawson QC, 1992-1995
- Reginald "Ricky" Rhoda QC, 1995β2015
- Michael Llamas QC, 2015β
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Draft Government of Gibraltar Estimates of Revenue & Expenditure 2023/2024" (PDF). April 2023.
- ^ "Welcomeββto Gibraltar". Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Venn, "John." Alumni Cantabrigienses. p. 470.
- ^ The London Gazette, 27th January 1911 (27 January 1911). "The London Gazette" (PDF). The London Gazette. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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- ^ "Obituary: Maj-Gen Sir Ralph Hone". The Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2015.