Advocate General for Northern Ireland
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".The advocate general for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the Government of the United Kingdom on Northern Ireland law and the post is held by the attorney general for England and Wales by virtue of that office. The advocate general and the solicitor general for England and Wales have, in Northern Ireland, the same rights of audience as members of the Bar of Northern Ireland.[1] They are called to the Northern Ireland Bar in order to fulfill these duties.[2]
The advocate general was created as a separate office by the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002[1] upon the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 12 April 2010.[3]
Unlike the advocate general for Scotland, the position is not supported by a distinct government department. Instead, that support is provided by the civil law and Northern Ireland section within the Attorney General's Office at Westminster.[4][5]
The chief legal adviser to the Northern Ireland Executive is the attorney general for Northern Ireland.[6]
The advocate general retains the power to refer the question of whether a bill passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is within the competence of the Assembly.[7]
List of Advocates General
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| Advocate General | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:PatriciaScotland2a.jpg | Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland of Asthal |
12 April 2010 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Brown |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Mr Dominic Grieve crop 2.jpg | Dominic Grieve MP for BeaconsfieldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 May 2010 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | Cameron (coalition) | |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Jeremy Wright MP.jpg | Jeremy Wright MP for Kenilworth and SouthamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 July 2014 | 9 July 2018 | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Cameron | |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | May | ||||||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Geoffrey Cox QC MP crop 2.jpg | Geoffrey Cox MP for Torridge and West DevonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 July 2018 | 13 February 2020 | |||
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Johnson | ||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2.jpg | Suella Braverman MP for FarehamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 February 2020 | 2 March 2021 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP crop 2.jpg | Michael Ellis MP for Northampton NorthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (acting) |
2 March 2021 | 10 September 2021 | |||
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10 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP crop 2.jpg | Michael Ellis MP for Northampton NorthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Truss | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Victoria Prentis MP crop 2.jpg | Victoria Prentis MP for Banbury Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Sunak | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Richard Hermer Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 1.jpg | The Lord Hermer | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Starmer |
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See also
- Law Officers of the Crown
- Attorney General for England and Wales
- Attorney General for Northern Ireland
- Advocate General for Scotland
- Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)
References
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External links
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