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Title page 1

Contents 3

Summary 5

1. Overview 7

1.1. What is a law officer? 7

1.2. How many law officers are there? 7

1.3. What do law officers do? 7

1.4. What relationship do law officers have with Government? 9

1.5. Are law officers parliamentarians? 10

2. England and Wales 14

2.1. Attorney General for England and Wales 14

2.2. Solicitor General for England and Wales 27

2.3. Counsel General for Wales (since 2007) 29

3. Scotland 36

3.1. Lord Advocate 36

3.2. Solicitor General for Scotland 43

3.3. Advocate General (from 1999) 44

4. Northern Ireland 50

4.1. Attorney General for Northern Ireland 50

4.2. Advocate General for Northern Ireland (from 2010) 59

5. Political independence 62

5.1. Relationship with Cabinet 62

5.2. Independence and prosecutorial functions 66

6. Legal advice in government 69

6.1. The law officers' convention 69

6.2. The convention in practice 70

6.3. Publication of legal advice/po 73

6.4. Non-statutory Guidance on legal risk 79

7. Reference powers 84

7.1. Devolution issues 84

7.2. When can devolution issues arise? 84

7.3. What powers do the law officers have? 85

7.4. Other reference powers 86

8. Law officers' oaths 88

8.1. Attorney General and Solicitor General (E&W) 88

8.2. Scottish law officers 89

8.3. Counsel General for Wales 90

8.4. Northern Ireland law officers 90

Annex - Law officers timeline 92

Boxes 8

Box 1. Law officers of the United Kingdom 8

Annex Tables 92

Table 1. Law officers' regime 1921 to 1972 92

Table 2. Law officers' regime 1972 to 1999 92

Table 3. Law officers' regime 1999 to 2007 93

Table 4. Law officers' regime 2007 to 2010 93

Table 5. Law officers' regime 2010 to present 94