Gibraltar HM Attorney General for Gibraltar | |
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since 19 May 2015 | |
Government Law Offices | |
Style | Attorney General |
Reports to | Governor of Gibraltar Chief Minister of Gibraltar |
Nominator | Chief Minister of Gibraltar |
Appointer | Governor of Gibraltar (on the advice and recommendations of the Specified Appointments Commission, in accordance with the constitution |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
First holder | Sir James Cochrane |
Salary | £139,886 per annum (2023)[1] |
Website | www.gibraltarlawoffices.gov.gi/attorney |
Gibraltar portal |
His Majesty's Attorney General for Gibraltar is the chief legal advisor of HM Government of Gibraltar.[2] He is the head of the Gibraltar Government Law Offices which also include a Director of Public Prosecutions, a Solicitor General and a Parliamentary Counsel. The Attorney General's Chambers have a number of Crown Counsel.
He is appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar, acting on the advice and recommendations of the Specified Appointments Commission, in accordance with the Gibraltar Constitution.
The incumbent Attorney General for Gibraltar is the Gibraltarian Michael Llamas CMG KC.