Attorney General of Gibraltar
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{{Short description|Law officer of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar}}
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HM Attorney General for Gibraltar
| insignia = Coat of Arms of the Government of Gibraltar.svg
| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of His Majesty's Government of Gibraltar
| department = Government Law Offices
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| incumbent = Michael Llamas {{small|CMG KC}}
| incumbentsince = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|5|19}}
| style = Attorney General
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| nominator = Chief Minister of Gibraltar
| appointer = Governor of Gibraltar
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice and recommendations of the Specified Appointments Commission, in accordance with the constitution}}
| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure
| first = Sir James Cochrane
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| reports_to = Governor of Gibraltar
Chief Minister of Gibraltar
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| salary = £139,886 per annum {{small|(2023)}}{{Cite web |title=Draft Government of Gibraltar Estimates of Revenue & Expenditure 2023/2024 |url=https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/uploads/news/July%202023/Draft%20Estimates%202023-24.pdf |date=April 2023}}
| website = {{url|http://www.gibraltarlawoffices.gov.gi/attorney|www.gibraltarlawoffices.gov.gi/attorney}}
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{{Politics of Gibraltar}}His Majesty's Attorney General for Gibraltar is the chief legal advisor of HM Government of Gibraltar.{{cite web|url=http://www.gibraltar.gov.uk/business/laws_of_gibraltar.php|title=Welcome to Gibraltar|accessdate=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230063102/http://www.gibraltar.gov.uk/business/laws_of_gibraltar.php|archive-date=2015-12-30|url-status=dead}} He is the head of the Gibraltar Government Law Offices which also include a Director of Public Prosecutions, a Solicitor General and a Parliamentary Counsel. 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 Gibraltar Constitution.
The incumbent Attorney General for Gibraltar is the Gibraltarian Michael Llamas CMG KC.
List of attorneys general
- Sir James Cochrane 1830–1841 (afterwards Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1841)
- Marcus Costello 1841–>1856
- Frederick Solly-Flood 1866–1877
- Robert French Sheriff 1877–>1892
- Archibald Walter Fawkes {{cite book|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses|first = John|last= Venn|page=470}} 1892–1901
- Anthony Coll 1901-1911{{cite news |last1=The London Gazette, 27th January 1911 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28460/page/692/data.pdf |access-date=23 January 2024 |title=The London Gazette |publisher=The London Gazette |date=27 January 1911}}
- Sir Bartle Frere 1911–1914 Who was who, 1897-1916
- Charles James Griffin 1914–1919
- Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson 1919–1929
- H.C.F Cox 1929-1933
- Sir Ralph Hone 1933–1937 {{cite web|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-maj-gen-sir-ralph-hone-1561395.html| title=Obituary: Maj-Gen Sir Ralph Hone|publisher= The Independent|accessdate= 25 October 2015}}
- Mansell Reece 1943-1943
- Lockhart-Smith 1943-1944
- Audley McKisack 1944–1947
- Charles Campbell Ross (4 years) 1947-1952
- D.W. Conroy 1952-1955
- Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman (acting), October–December 1955
- W.G Bryce 1956-1959
- Denys Roberts 1960–1962
- J.P. Weber 1962-1963
- Ashley Martin Greenwood 1963–1966
- Cornelius Banahan O’Beirne 1966-1970
- Hugh Hickling 1970–1972
- J.K. Havers 1972-1978
- David Hull QC, 1979-1984
- Eric Thistlethwaite QC 1984-1989
- Kenneth W Harris QC 1989-1992
- J. Blackburn Gittings 1992-1994
- Katie M Dawson QC, 1995-1997
- Reginald "Ricky" Rhoda QC, 1997–2015
- Michael Llamas QC, 2015–
References
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