新南威爾士州法律政策專員
新南威爾士州法律政策專員(英語:)是澳洲新南威爾士州的官方律政專員之一,也是新南威爾士州律政司的副手。其可在律政司空缺的情況下行使律政司的職權。法律政策專員與刑事法律專員(Crown Advocate)、刑事檢控專員(Director of Public Prosecutions)及民事檢察專員(Crown Solicitor)一同合作,並擔任州官方及州政府的法律及憲法顧問之一。
新南威爾士州法律政策專員 | |
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Solicitor General for New South Wales | |
新南威爾士州司法廳 | |
任命者 | 新南威爾士總督 |
任期 | 10年 |
首任 | John Stephen |
设立 | 1824年8月8日 |
网站 | NSW Department of Justice |
法律政策專員在法庭上被稱為「法律政策專員先生」(Mr Solicitor)或「法律政策專員女士」(Ms Solicitor)。儘管該職銜直譯為「總事務律師」,該職位通常是由大律師(barrister)擔任,且自1925年以來一直由御用大律師(Queen's Counsel或King's Counsel)或資深大律師(Senior Counsel)擔任。以前法律政策專員如律政司一樣是政治委任,但它自1922年以來與議會分離,自1969年以來,法律政策專員一直為與司法廳有聯繫的法定職位。
歷史及職能
法律政策專員根據《1969年法律政策專員法令》(Solicitor General Act 1969)的規定運作。[1]該法令第2條規定,法律政策專員須為「具有至少7年資歷的澳洲律師」,並且不得為廳長級官員。退休年齡定為72歲。[1]法律政策專員在澳洲高等法院及其他法院擔任官方法律顧問,並就民事及刑事事宜(包括憲法事宜)向律政司提供建議。[2]直到1987年,法律政策專員有權在新南威爾士州的刑事上訴法院對刑事訟案提起上訴,然而這後來成為刑事檢控專員(Director of Public Prosecutions)的職責。[3]
約翰·賓吉(John Plunkett)是第一位被冊封為為御用大律師的新南威爾士州大律師,他於1856年6月6日由律政司職位退休。[4][5]第一位被委任為法律政策專員時已是御用大律師的人為John Hargrave。Cecil Weigall於1922年被委任為法律政策專員,並於1925年被冊封為御用大律師。Harold Snelling在被委任時是御用大律師。自從1969年法律政策專員職位轉變為法定職位後,只有身為御用大律師的人選才能被委任為法律政策專員。[6]1993年,新南威爾士州停止冊封御用大律師,這一要求隨之被取消。[7]
歷任法律政策專員
法律政策專員(1824–1922)
Ordinal | Solicitor General | Member of parliament, party affiliation |
Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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1 | John·Stephen | Not a member of Legislative Council | Prior to responsible government | 11 August 1824 | 17 August 1825 | 1岁6天 | [8][9] | |
James·Holland | Appointed in 1826 but never sworn in. | [10] | ||||||
2 | William·Foster | 3 September 1827 | 1 April 1828 | 211天 | [11][12] | |||
3 | John·Sampson | 15 March 1828 | 27 October 1829 | 1岁226天 | [13][14] | |||
Edward·MacDowell | Appointed in 1830 but failed to take up his duties promptly | [10] | ||||||
4 | John·Plunkett [lower-alpha 1] | 14 June 1832 | 16 September 1836 | 4岁94天 | [10] | |||
5 | William·à Beckett | Not a member of Legislative Council | Prior to responsible government | 20 March 1841 | 30 August 1844 | 3岁163天 | ||
6 | William·Manning | 31 August 1844 | 11 January 1848 | 3岁133天 | [10] | |||
(2) | William·Foster | 12 January 1848 | 19 November 1849 | 1岁311天 | [10] | |||
(6) | William·Manning | Appointed MLC from 1851, no party | 20 November 1849 | 5 June 1856 | 6岁198天 | [10] | ||
7 | John·Darvall | MLA, no party | Donaldson | 6 June 1856 | 25 August 1856 | 80天 | [10] | |
8 | Alfred·Lutwyche | MLC, no party | Cowper (1) | 12 September 1856 | 2 October 1856 | 20天 | [10] | |
(7) | John·Darvall | MLA, no party | Parker | 3 October 1856 | 23 May 1857 | 232天 | [10] | |
9 | Edward·Wise | MLC, no party | 23 May 1857 | 7 September 1857 | 107天 | [10] | ||
(8) | Alfred·Lutwyche | MLC, no party | Cowper (2) | 7 September 1857 | 14 November 1858 | 1岁68天 | [10] | |
10 | William·Dalley | MLA, no party | 15 November 1858 | 11 February 1859 | 88天 | [10] | ||
11 | John·Hargrave QC | MLC, no party | 21 February 1859 | 26 October 1859 | 247天 | [10] | ||
Forster | 3 November 1859 | 31 March 1860 | 149天 | |||||
Cowper (3) | 1 August 1863 | 15 October 1863 | 75天 | |||||
12 | Peter·Faucett | MLA, no party | Martin (1) | 16 October 1863 | 2 February 1865 | 1岁109天 | [10] | |
(11) | John·Hargrave QC | MLC, no party | Cowper (4) | 3 February 1865 | 21 June 1865 | 138天 | [10] | |
13 | Robert·Isaacs | MLA, no party | Martin (2) | 22 January 1866 | 26 October 1868 | 2岁278天 | [10] | |
14 | Joshua·Josephson | MLA, no party | Robertson (2) | 27 October 1868 | 9 September 1869 | 317天 | [10] | |
15 | Julian·Salomons | MLC,[lower-alpha 2] no party | 18 December 1869 | 15 December 1870 | 362天 | [10] | ||
Cowper (5) | ||||||||
16 | William·Windeyer | MLA, no party | Martin (3) | 16 December 1870 | 13 May 1872 | 1岁149天 | [10] | |
17 | Joseph·Innes | MLA, no party | Parkes (1) | 14 May 1872 | 19 November 1873 | 1岁189天 | [10] | |
18 | Richard·O'Connor | MLC, Protectionist | Dibbs (2) | 19 July 1893 | 13 September 1893 | 56天 | [lower-alpha 3] | |
19 | George·Reid KC | MLA, Free Trade | Reid | 21 December 1894 | 5 March 1895 | 74天 | [10] | |
Reid | 19 December 1895 | 20 April 1896 | 123天 | |||||
Reid | 22 December 1896 | 9 February 1897 | 49天 | |||||
Reid | 27 April 1898 | 7 October 1898 | 163天 | |||||
Reid | 3 January 1899 | 1 May 1899 | 118天 | |||||
20 | Hugh·Pollock | Not a member of Parliament [lower-alpha 4] | 31 July 1901 | 6 October 1904 | 3岁67天 | [10] | ||
21 | John·Garland | MLC, Liberal Reform | Wade | 21 December 1909 | 20 October 1910 | 303天 | [10] | |
22 | Walter·Bevan | Not a member of Parliament | 15 March 1911 | 1912 | [10][19][20] | |||
23 | David·Hall | MLC, Labor | McGowen Holman (1) | 2 April 1912 | 28 January 1914 | 1岁301天 | [10][21][22] | |
24 | William·Holman | MLA, Labor | Holman (1) | 19 January 1915 | 6 February 1915 | 18天 | [10] | |
(21) | John·Garland KC | MLC, Nationalist | Holman (2) | 16 November 1916 | 23 July 1919 | 2岁249天 | [10][23] | |
25 | Jack·FitzGerald | 23 July 1919 | 12 April 1920 | 264天 | [10][24] | |||
26 | Robert·Sproule | MLC, Labor | Storey | 15 April 1920 | 13 April 1922 | 1岁363天 | [10] |
法律政策專員(1923年至今)
Ordinal | Solicitor General | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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27 | Cecil Weigall QC | 27 December 1922 | August 1953 | 30岁217天 | |
28 | Harold Snelling QC | August 1953 | September 1974 | 21岁31天 | |
29 | Reginald Marr QC | September 1974 | March 1978 | 3岁181天 | [10] |
30 | Gregory Sullivan QC | February 1979 | February 1981 | 2岁0天 | [10] |
31 | Mary Gaudron QC | 16 February 1981 | February 1987 | 5岁350天 | [10] |
32 | Keith Mason QC | February 1987 | February 1997 | 10岁0天 | [10] |
– | Leslie Katz SC (Acting) | February 1997 | February 1998 | 1岁0天 | |
33 | Michael Sexton SC | February 1998 | present | 26岁68天 |
備註
- Plunkett was appointed to the Legislative Council on 19 April 1836 when he became Acting Attorney-General.[15]
- Salomons was not appointed to the Legislative Council until 11 August 1870, 7 months after his appointment as Solicitor General.[16]
- The office was not filled however Richard O'Connor and George Reid were temporarily appointed to allow them to deputise for the Attorney-General in his absence.[17]
- Pollock's appointment was controversial because he was a public servant as Secretary of the Attorney-General's department and had never practiced as a barrister.[18]
參考文獻
- Solicitor General Act 1969 (NSW) s 2 Appointment of Solicitor General.
- . NSW State Records. NSW Government. [19 September 2015]. (原始内容存档于2016-03-04).
- Nader QC, John. (PDF). Bar News. NSW Bar Association. 2011 [19 September 2015]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2022-04-15).
- . Freeman's Journal (New South Wales, Australia). 28 June 1856: 2 [30 January 2019] –Trove.
- . NSW Bar Association. [30 January 2019]. (原始内容存档于2019-03-28).
- Solicitor General Act 1969 (NSW) s 2.
- Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 (NSW) Schedule 1 (abolition of Queen's Counsel) and Schedule 5 (amendment of the Solicitor General Act 1969).
- . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 12 August 1824: 1 [19 January 2019] –Trove.
- . The Australian. 18 August 1825: 1 [19 January 2019] –Trove.
- Mason, K, (PDF), [2022-03-30], (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2022-04-09) (1988 Autumn) Bar News: Journal of the NSW Bar Association 22.
- . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 3 September 1827: 2 [19 January 2019] –Trove.
- . Colonial Advocate, and Tasmanian Monthly Review and Register]]. 1 April 1828: 52 [19 January 2019] –Trove.
- . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 17 March 1828: 1 [19 January 2019] –Trove.
- . The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 29 October 1829: 2 [19 January 2019] –Trove.
- . Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. [19 April 2019].
- Appleby, G. . Bloomsbury Publishing. 2016: 73. ISBN 9781509903962.
- Mason, K. . Keyzer, P; Patrick (编). . Routledge. 2019 [19 January 2019]. ISBN 9781317073338. (原始内容存档于2022-04-06).
- . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (33). 15 March 1911: 1543 [23 January 2019] –Trove.
- . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (94). 26 July 1911: 3970 [23 January 2019] –Trove.
- . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (49). 10 April 1912: 2229 [1 February 2019] –Trove.
- . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (106). 2 July 1913: 4127 [1 February 2019] –Trove.
- . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (187). 16 November 1916: 6738 [1 February 2019] –Trove.
- . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (183) (New South Wales, Australia). 23 July 1919: 4060 [1 February 2019] –Trove.