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	Parliament Offers Opportunity to Legislate in Scotland for Scotland: Solicitor General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Indeed, the prosecution of crime in Scotland and the system for the investigation of deaths is so uniquely Scottish that in many respects it presents itself as a system already devolved.
		Scotland, however, shares with the rest of the UK a common approach in statute law in the significant areas of drugs, firearms and road traffic law.
		The Solicitor General went on to outline the history and the future role of the Law Officers in Scotland.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /news/releas97/pr2017.htm (801 words)

	Office to the Advocate General for Scotland
		The Advocate General for Scotland is a Minister of the Crown and is one of the three UK Law Officers, along with the Attorney General and the Solicitor General for England and Wales.
		The Advocate General is ministerially responsible to the UK Parliament for the Office of Solicitor to the Advocate General and the Legal Secretariat to the Advocate General, as well as the Private Office.
		The Scotland Act also requires that the Advocate General be provided with notice of all devolution issues as defined in Schedule 6 to that Act raised in the courts and separately confers the power to raise proceedings on such issues.
	www.oag.gov.uk (373 words)

	Solicitor General for Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland (Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Executive on Scots Law.
		Until 1999, when the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive were created, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland advised the United Kingdom Government.
		Since their transfer to the Scottish Executive, the United Kingdom Government has been advised on Scots Law by the Advocate General for Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland (227 words)

	Details of Portrait of David Stewart Erskine,11th Earl of Buchan, when viscount Cardross in by Studio of Sir Joshua ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It had long been regretted that no society had been formed in Scotland for the promotion of these pursuits; and with a view to supplying this desideratum, he called a meeting of the most eminent persons resident in Edinburgh, on the 14th of November, 1780.
		One of the works proposed by him was, "a Commercium Epistolarum and Literary History of Scotland, during the period of last century," including the correspondence of "antiquaries, typographers, and bibliographists," in which he had the assistance of the late Dr Robert Anderson.
		of the ‘Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.’ After his university studies were completed his father endeavoured without success to obtain for him a commission in the guards, and he ultimately joined the 32nd Cornwall regiment of foot, with which he served for a few years.
	www.artwarefineart.com /Search/ItemDetails.asp?ItemID=773 (2449 words)

	Scotland and the Political System of the UK
		The Secretary of State of Scotland generally oversees the appointments of judges, and is responsible for the staff and administration of the two Supreme Courts, and the lesser Sheriff Courts.
		It is the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-General of Scotland who are the chief legal advisers to the Cabinet and government on Scottish issues, and the main "representatives of the Crown for the purposes of litigation in Scotland." Like the Secretary of State, both are government ministers.
		Following the trend of voters in Scotland to use strategic voting to oust the Conservatives, it is foreseeable that the Tories could lose most of their remaining Scottish seats,in urban areas to Labour, and in others to the Liberal Democrats and SNP.
	www.hfienberg.com /scots/490uk.html (3342 words)

	Scotland Act 1998
		Previously, the Secretary of State for Scotland was the Keeper of this Seal in terms of section 8 of the Secretary of State for Scotland Act 1885.
		As none of these matters are reserved, the White Paper on Scotland's Parliament stated that it was "appropriate that the Law Officers of the Scottish Executive should be the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland" (para.
		This is effected by section 44 providing that the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General are members of the Scottish Executive and that they, together with the First Minister and the Ministers appointed under section 47, are to be known collectively as the Scottish Ministers.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /ACTS/en1998/98en46-g.htm (3415 words)

	Office to the Advocate General for Scotland
		The Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General for Scotland (OSAG) is an office established specifically to provide legal services in Scotland to United Kingdom Government Departments.
		Devolution issues within the meaning of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act that arise in any proceedings in the UK are intimated to the Solicitor to the Advocate General and the staff of the Office co-ordinate their consideration in Whitehall and arrange for any intervention which the Advocate General considers appropriate.
		The Solicitor to the Advocate General (Charles Mullin) is the senior civil servant and lawyer in charge of the Office.
	www.oag.gov.uk /OfficeSolicitor.htm (327 words)

	Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Briefings Series :: Section 29
		The First Minister, Ministers appointed by the First Minister, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland are members of the Scottish Executive.
		This is a reference to the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General for Scotland, the Advocate General for Scotland, the Attorney General, the Solicitor General and the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.
		She accepted that the official's views and advice or a discussion of policy could be withheld and welcomed the Cabinet Office's decision to release the factual information in an edited version of the background briefing.
	www.itspublicknowledge.info /legislation/briefings/section29.htm (2683 words)

	Scotland Office - Who we are - Advocate General for Scotland
		The Prime Minister has appointed Neil Davidson QC to the post of Advocate General for Scotland, the senior Scots legal adviser to the Government.
		Following the resignation of the previous office holder, Baroness Clark of Calton QC, on 18 January 2006 to become a judge in Scotland, the functions of the Advocate General were temporarily conferred on the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Darling MP under section 87(3) of the Scotland Act.
		This conferral ceased with the appointment of Neil Davidson QC as Advocate General.
	www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /who-we-are/advocate-general.html (222 words)

	THE SCALE OF GENERAL PRECEDENCE IN SCOTLAND
		Whereas it has been humbly represented unto Us that a Scale of Precedence in Scotland has not been defined with due authority, and that doubts and a diversity of practice have arisen in consequence which it is desirable should be determined by the exercise of Our Royal Prerogative.
		The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland during the sitting of the General Assembly.
		The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland during his term of office.
	www.burkes-peerage.net /Sites/Scotland/SitePages/page31a.asp (1283 words)

	Advocate General for Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland (Àrd-neach-tagraidh na Bànrighe airson Alba in Gaelic) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, whose duty is to advise the Crown and UK Government on Scots law.
		The office of Advocate General for Scotland was created in 1999 by the Scotland Act 1998 to be the chief legal adviser to the United Kingdom Government on Scots Law, replacing the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland, who were transferred to the Scottish Executive.
		The office of "Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland" should not be confused with that of "Her Majesty's Advocate", which is another name for the Lord Advocate.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland (265 words)

	University of Dundee, Press Release, Solicitor General for Scotland, Elish Angiolini visits law department (via ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The newly appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, Elish Angiolini will visit the University of Dundee tomorrow to address law students and the Dundee branch of the Scottish Association for the Study of Delinquency.
		Elish Angiolini made a big step forward for women in the law when she was appointed in December - the first solicitor and former procurator fiscal to be Solicitor General.
		Elish Angiolini was installed as Solicitor General for Scotland in December 2001.
	www.dundee.ac.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /pressreleases/prmar02/solgeneral.htm (281 words)

	Scotland's Lawyer Poets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From 1841-1845 he was advocate depute, and from 1845 to 1852 sheriff of Orkney and Shetland.
		In 1853 he became solicitor-general for Scotland, and from 1853 to 1858 served as a judge in the court of session.
		He then moved to London where he was a Parliamentary solicitor and agent, alone and in partnership with others, until 1907, when he gave up his work at the age of ninety-one.
	www.wvu.edu /~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/intro/scots.html (804 words)

	Police Ignore Tom Minogue's Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As I am not alone in Scotland in perceiving the Dunblane Inquiry as a case where Masonic membership had played a part, both in the events leading up to the Inquiry and during the Inquiry, I cited this as a case in point.
		10.15 In Scotland the employer in regard to schools is the local authority, except in the case of self-governing schools where the employer is the board of management: and in the case of independent schools where it is the proprietor.
		I am not alone in Scotland in perceiving the Dunblane Inquiry as a case where Masonic membership had played a part in the events leading up to the Inquiry and during the Inquiry and cited this as a case in point.
	dunblane.50megs.com /tmcd.htm (8958 words)

	The New Lord Advocate Meets With Us
		Boyd born in Falkirk, Scotland, received a B.A. in Economics and Politics from Manchester University, his law degree from Edinburgh University and became a Queens Counsel in 1995; an Advocate Depute or senior prosecutor.
		He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland May 1997 (roughly the equivalent of being the Deputy Attorney General) the second highest post in their prosecution service.
		In May of 1997, he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland on the same day as Andrew Hardie took office as Lord Advocate.
	web.syr.edu /~vpaf103/invest_adv.html (2785 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Boyle : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Six generations later his descendant, John Boyle, was a supporter of James III, and was killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488.
		He was one of the commissioners for the Treaty of Union with England, and in 1706 was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
		David Boyle, a grandson of the second Earl, was a distinguished lawyer who was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1807.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Boyle_8/default.php (951 words)

	Scotland Office - Our communications - Press Releases
		The Prime Minister today appointed Neil Davidson QC to the post of Advocate General for Scotland, the senior Scots legal adviser to the Government.
		Neil Davidson was called to the Scottish Bar in 1979 and has been a QC since 1993. He was called to the English Bar in 1990 and was Solicitor-General for Scotland from 2000-2001. He was a founder/director of the City Disputes Panel from 1994-2000 and Chair of the Faculty of Advocates Human Rights Committee.
		The Advocate General is ministerial head of the Legal Secretariat in Dover House, Whitehall, as well as the Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General in Edinburgh.
	www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /our-communications/release.php?id=3522 (292 words)

	Solicitor General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Generically, in the United States and Canada, a Solicitor General or Solicitor-General is a legal officer of a city or town, or a government advocate.
		Solicitor General of Canada - a role now performed by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
		Solicitor General for Scotland - the depute of the Lord Advocate
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solicitor_General (257 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		Balfour, John Blair, first Baron Kinross of Glasclune 1837-1905, lord president of the court of session in Scotland, born at Clackmannan on 11 July 1837, was second son (in a family of two sons and a daughter) of Peter Balfour (1794-1862), parish minister of that place, by his wife Jane Ramsay (d.
		For nearly 150 years prior to 1885 the lord advocates were practically ministers for Scotland; but during Lord Salisbury's short-lived administration of 1885-6 the ancient office of secretary of state for Scotland, which had been abolished at the close of the rebellion of 1745-6, was revived.
		Balfour was thus the last of the old line of lord advocates, and though he was always stronger as a lawyer than as a politician, managed the affairs of Scotland with ability in the face of considerable difficulties caused by the crofter question and the movement in favour of home rule for Scotland.
	www.thepeerage.com /e229.htm (760 words)

	History of the Henderson Clan
		In Scotland, it was originally "Henryson" but Henderson was easier to say and has become the norm.
		Henderson later became Moderator of the Church of Scotland and is buried in Greyfriar's.
		There was a John filius Henry in Aberdeen in the early part of the 14th century who became a burgess (freeman of the city) and in 1370, James Henrisson, a merchant in Aberdeen, is recorded complaining about the English wrecking one of his ships.
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclanhenderson.htm (518 words)

	Scotland Act 1998
		(c) the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland.
		- (1) It is for the First Minister to recommend to Her Majesty the appointment or removal of a person as Lord Advocate or Solicitor General for Scotland; but he shall not do so without the agreement of the Parliament.
		(6) In Schedule 2 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (Ministerial offices) and Part III of Schedule 1 to the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (salaries of the Law Officers), the entries for the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland are omitted.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts1998/80046--d.htm (1536 words)

	The Scotsman - Scotland - Boyd has last word - at least in court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His number two, Eilish Angiolini, is not only the first woman, but the first solicitor to become the Solicitor-General for Scotland.
		Now Mr Boyd and Mrs Angiolini work side by side, and since her appointment it has been announced that the role of advocate-depute is open to fiscals, provoking resignations from such as Ed Targowski QC.
		It came as the Crown argued at the Court of Criminal Appeal for an increase in the "unduly lenient" seven-year jail sentence handed down to a father convicted of killing his two infant sons.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=666692003 (706 words)

	Scots Law News, Edinburgh Law School
		Solicitor General for Scotland Neil Davidson QC resigned, however, and was succeeded by Elish Angiolini (41), previously regional procurator fiscal for Grampian, Highlands and Islands.
		Mrs Angiolini is the first woman and the first solicitor to hold the post of Solicitor General for Scotland, and as such will have a right of audience in the High Court of Justiciary.
		It is a badge of shame for the people in Scotland and England who allowed him to live the rest of his life in luxury in the West."
	www.law.ed.ac.uk /sln/index.aspx?page=139 (1069 words)

	GRANGER v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 11932/86 [1990] ECHR 6 (28 March 1990)
		The applicant's solicitor subsequently lodged an intimation of
		Solicitor General for Scotland, accompanied by junior counsel and a
		Solicitor General (who are the Law Officers of the Crown) or by one of
	www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/ECHR/1990/6.html (6031 words)

	Justice Of The Piece - [Sunday Herald]
		THE Solicitor General for Scotland sits inÊEdinburgh'sÊCrownÊOffice surrounded by bookcases crammed with ornately decorated volumes of parliamentary debates and court sessions.
		That career culminated in her ascendancy to one of the toughest jobs in Scottish law when JackÊMcConnellÊmadeÊher the first ever female Solicitor General for Scotland in December 2001.
		While traditional legal wigs may ruffle at such heresy, the Solicitor General presses on blowing the winds of change through the stuffy world of the courtrooms.
	www.sundayherald.com /32460 (1403 words)

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