Tag: law officers
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Conor Casey: Is the Law Officers’ Legal Advice Binding on the Government?
There are two distinct senses in which one can ask whether the Law Officers’ legal advice is “binding” on the government. The first is whether the legal advice of the Law Officers can be set aside in favour of a legal opinion offered by another lawyer, or whether their view of the law must take…
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Conor Casey: House of Lords Constitution Committee Rejects Significant Reform to UK Law Officers
Background to Inquiry on Role of Law Officers The Attorney General and Solicitor General are the UK government’s principal legal advisors. Known collectively as the Law Officers, the origins of these ancient constitutional officers date back to the 13th Century. Historically, the Law Officers were leading barristers who acted as the Crown’s personal lawyers, fiercely…
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Conor McCormick: A law officer log: Recent developments concerning the office of Attorney General and its equivalents
Today marks the publication of my book on The Constitutional Legitimacy of Law Officers in the United Kingdom, which contains a detailed analysis of the functions exercised by each law officer in the UK and a conceptual analysis of their constitutional legitimacy. In this contribution, I offer some thoughts on the timeliness of the book and…