新南威爾士州法律政策專員

新南威爾士州法律政策專員
Solicitor General for New South Wales
現任
Michael Sexton SC
自1998年2月
新南威爾士州司法廳（英语：Department of Justice (New South Wales)）
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

新南威爾士州法律政策專員（英語：Solicitor General for New South Wales）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（英语：Director of Public Prosecutions (New South Wales)）（Director of Public Prosecutions）及民事檢察專員（英语：Crown Solicitor's Office (New South Wales)）（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。

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（包括憲制法事宜）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
1 Stephen, JohnJohn·Stephen   Not a member of

Legislative Council 		Prior to responsible

government 		11 August 1824 17 August 1825 1岁6天 [8][9]
Holland, JamesJames·Holland Appointed in 1826 but never sworn in. [10]
2 Foster, WilliamWilliam·Foster 3 September 1827 1 April 1828 211天 [11][12]
3 Sampson, JohnJohn·Sampson 15 March 1828 27 October 1829 1岁226天 [13][14]
MacDowell, EdwardEdward·MacDowell Appointed in 1830 but failed to take up his duties promptly [10]
4 Plunkett, JohnJohn·Plunkett [a] 14 June 1832 16 September 1836 4岁94天 [10]
5 Abeckett, WilliamWilliam·à Beckett   Not a member of

Legislative Council 		Prior to responsible

government 		20 March 1841 30 August 1844 3岁163天
6 Manning, WilliamWilliam·Manning 31 August 1844 11 January 1848 3岁133天 [10]
(2) Foster, WilliamWilliam·Foster 12 January 1848 19 November 1849 1岁311天 [10]
(6) Manning, WilliamWilliam·Manning Appointed MLC from 1851, no party 20 November 1849 5 June 1856 6岁198天 [10]
7 Darvall, JohnJohn·Darvall MLA, no party Donaldson 6 June 1856 25 August 1856 80天 [10]
8 Lutwyche, AlfredAlfred·Lutwyche MLC, no party Cowper (1) 12 September 1856 2 October 1856 20天 [10]
(7) Darvall, JohnJohn·Darvall MLA, no party Parker 3 October 1856 23 May 1857 232天 [10]
9 Wise, EdwardEdward·Wise MLC, no party 23 May 1857 7 September 1857 107天 [10]
(8) Lutwyche, AlfredAlfred·Lutwyche MLC, no party Cowper (2) 7 September 1857 14 November 1858 1岁68天 [10]
10 William Bede DalleyWilliam·Dalley MLA, no party 15 November 1858 11 February 1859 88天 [10]
11 Hargrave, JohnJohn·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 Faucett, PeterPeter·Faucett MLA, no party Martin (1) 16 October 1863 2 February 1865 1岁109天 [10]
(11) Hargrave, JohnJohn·Hargrave QC MLC, no party Cowper (4) 3 February 1865 21 June 1865 138天 [10]
13 Isaacs, RobertRobert·Isaacs MLA, no party Martin (2) 22 January 1866 26 October 1868 2岁278天 [10]
14 Josephson, JoshuaJoshua·Josephson MLA, no party Robertson (2) 27 October 1868 9 September 1869 317天 [10]
15 Salomons, JulianJulian·Salomons MLC,[b] no party 18 December 1869 15 December 1870 362天 [10]
Cowper (5)
16 Windeyer, WilliamWilliam·Windeyer MLA, no party Martin (3) 16 December 1870 13 May 1872 1岁149天 [10]
17 Innes, JosephJoseph·Innes MLA, no party Parkes (1) 14 May 1872 19 November 1873 1岁189天 [10]
18 O'Connor, RichardRichard·O'Connor   MLC, Protectionist Dibbs (2) 19 July 1893 13 September 1893 56天 [c]
19 Reid, GeorgeGeorge·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 Pollock, HughHugh·Pollock   Not a member of Parliament [d] 31 July 1901 6 October 1904 3岁67天 [10]
21 Garland, JohnJohn·Garland   MLC, Liberal Reform Wade 21 December 1909 20 October 1910 303天 [10]
22 Bevan, WalterWalter·Bevan   Not a member of Parliament 15 March 1911 1912 [10][19][20]
23 Hall, DavidDavid·Hall   MLC, Labor McGowen

Holman (1) 		2 April 1912 28 January 1914 1岁301天 [10][21][22]
24 Holman, WilliamWilliam·Holman   MLA, Labor Holman (1) 19 January 1915 6 February 1915 18天 [10]
(21) Garland, JohnJohn·Garland KC   MLC, Nationalist Holman (2) 16 November 1916 23 July 1919 2岁249天 [10][23]
25 FitzGerald, JackJack·FitzGerald 23 July 1919 12 April 1920 264天 [10][24]
26 Sproule, RobertRobert·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
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351天

參見

備註

  1. ^ Plunkett was appointed to the Legislative Council on 19 April 1836 when he became Acting Attorney-General.[15]
  2. ^ Salomons was not appointed to the Legislative Council until 11 August 1870, 7 months after his appointment as Solicitor General.[16]
  3. ^ 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]
  4. ^ 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

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Solicitor General Act 1969 (NSW) s 2 Appointment of Solicitor General.
  2. ^ Solicitor General. NSW State Records. NSW Government. [19 September 2015]. （原始内容存档于2016-03-04）. 
  3. ^ Nader QC, John. The failed art of sentencing offenders (PDF). Bar News. NSW Bar Association. 2011 [19 September 2015]. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2022-04-15）. 
  4. ^ Mr Plunkett's retirement from office. Freeman's Journal (New South Wales, Australia). 28 June 1856: 2 [30 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  5. ^ NSW silk appointments. NSW Bar Association. [30 January 2019]. （原始内容存档于2019-03-28）. 
  6. ^ Solicitor General Act 1969 (NSW) s 2.
  7. ^ Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 (NSW) Schedule 1 (abolition of Queen's Counsel) and Schedule 5 (amendment of the Solicitor General Act 1969).
  8. ^ John Stephen Esq appointed Solicitor-General. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 12 August 1824: 1 [19 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  9. ^ John Stephen Esq appointed additional judge of the Supreme Court. The Australian. 18 August 1825: 1 [19 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  10. ^ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 Mason, K, The Office of Solicitor General for New South Wales (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. 引用错误：带有name属性“Mason 1988”的<ref>标签用不同内容定义了多次
  11. ^ William Foster Esq. sworn in as Solicitor General. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 3 September 1827: 2 [19 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  12. ^ Domestic intelligence. Colonial Advocate, and Tasmanian Monthly Review and Register]]. 1 April 1828: 52 [19 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  13. ^ John Sampson Esq appointed Solicitor-General. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 17 March 1828: 1 [19 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  14. ^ Sudden death of the Solicitor-General. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 29 October 1829: 2 [19 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  15. ^ Mr John Hubert Plunkett QC (1802-1869). Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. [19 April 2019]. 
  16. ^ 引用错误：没有为名为Salomons ADB的参考文献提供内容
  17. ^ Appleby, G. Role of the Solicitor-General. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2016: 73. ISBN 9781509903962. 
  18. ^ Mason, K. Ch 1 Aspects of the History of the Solicitor-General in Australia. Keyzer, P; Patrick (编). Public Sentinels: A Comparative Study of Australian Solicitors-General. Routledge. 2019 [19 January 2019]. ISBN 9781317073338. （原始内容存档于2022-04-06）. 
  19. ^ Appointment of Walter Bevan, Esquire to be Solicitor-General. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (33). 15 March 1911: 1543 [23 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  20. ^ Appointment of Walter Bevan, Esquire to be Solicitor-General. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (94). 26 July 1911: 3970 [23 January 2019] –通过Trove. 
  21. ^ Appointment of the Honourable David Robert Hall, MLC, to be also Solicitor-General. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (49). 10 April 1912: 2229 [1 February 2019] –通过Trove. 
  22. ^ Appointment of the Honourable David Robert Hall, MLC, to be also Solicitor-General. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (106). 2 July 1913: 4127 [1 February 2019] –通过Trove. 
  23. ^ Appointment of the Honorable John Garland, KC, MLC, to be also Solicitor-General. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (187). 16 November 1916: 6738 [1 February 2019] –通过Trove. 
  24. ^ Appointment of the Honourable John Daniel FitzGerald MLC to be also Solicitor General. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (183) (New South Wales, Australia). 23 July 1919: 4060 [1 February 2019] –通过Trove. 

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