The Attorney General of Gibraltar is the chief legal advisor of

HM Government of Gibraltar His Majesty's Government of Gibraltar is the democracy, democratically elected government of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The head of state is King Charles III who is represented by the Governor of ...

. He combines the functions of

Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

and Director of Public Prosecution and is also an ex officio member of the

Gibraltar Parliament The Gibraltar Parliament is the legislature of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Between 1969 and 2006, it was called the Gibraltar House of Assembly. Functions The House of Assembly, set up under the 1969 constitution, was a uni ...

. The Attorney General's Chambers have a number of

Crown Counsel Crown counsel are lawyers, generally in Common Law jurisdictions, who provide advice to the government and acts as prosecutors in cases. In various jurisdictions their title can vary and they could also be known as the Queen's Advocate, King's Advo ...

. He is appointed by the

Governor of Gibraltar The governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the governor is to act as the ...

, acting on the advice and recommendations of the Specified Appointments Commission, in accordance with the constitution.

List of attorneys general

* Sir James Cochrane 1837–1841 (afterwards Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1841) *Marcus Costello 1841–>1856 * Frederick Solly-Flood 1866–1877 *Robert French Sheriff 1877–>1890 *Archibald Walter Fawkes 1892–?1902 *Sir Bartle Frere 1911–1914 *Charles James Griffin 1914–1919 *

Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson Captain Sir Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson Order of the British Empire, CBE, King's Counsel, KC, Royal Navy, RN (retd.) (23 March 1879 – 9 June 1951) (also Maxwell Hendry Anderson) was a British naval officer, barrister and judge who was Ch ...

1919–1929 * (Sir)

Ralph Hone Major General Sir Herbert Ralph Hone (3 May 1896 – 28 November 1992) was a British Army officer, barrister and colonial administrator. Life up to World War II Ralph Hone was born in Hove, Sussex, and was educated at Varndean Grammar School, B ...

1933–1936 *

Mansell Reece Mansell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Clint Mansell (born 1963), British musician and composer * Chris Mansell (born 1953), Australian poet * Francis Mansell (1579–1665), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford * Gerard Man ...

1943 * Lockhart-Smith 1944 *

Audley McKisack Sir Audley McKisack Queen's Counsel, QC (2 April 1903 – 16 August 1966) was an United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Irish barrister and judge who ended a distinguished legal career as President of the High Court of the Federation of ...

1944– *Charles Campbell Ross (4 years) c.1947 * Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman (acting), October–December 1955 *

Denys Roberts Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts (Traditional Chinese: 羅弼時爵士; 19 January 1923 – 20 May 2013) was a British colonial official and judge. Joining the colonial civil service as a Crown Counsel in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in 1953, he became ...

1960–1962 * Ashley Martin Greenwood 1963– *Cornelius Banahan O’Beirne c.1967 *

Hugh Hickling Reginald Hugh Hickling, CMG, QC (2 August 1920 – 11 February 2007), known as Hugh Hickling, was a British lawyer, civil servant, law academic, and author, and author of the controversial Internal Security Act of colonial Malaysia. Born in ...

1970–1972 *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, 1995–2015 *Michael Llamas QC, 2015–

References

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