The Solicitor General

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The Solicitor General is a senior legal officer of the Crown in England and Wales who assists the Attorney General and represents the government in important legal matters and court cases.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Solicitor General 4
The Solicitor General canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government legal officer ⓘ
law officer of the Crown ⓘ
appointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
appointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
assists Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
canBe Member of Parliament ⓘ
member of the House of Lords ⓘ
canDelegateTo junior government counsel ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
givesAdviceTo Cabinet ministers ⓘ
government departments ⓘ
hasConstitutionalRole advising on legality of government policy ⓘ
hasDuty ensuring legality of government action ⓘ
upholding the rule of law ⓘ
isPartOf UK executive branch ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legalRepresentationIn Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts of England and Wales ⓘ
mayAppearIn civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
public law cases ⓘ
mayBeInvolvedIn references on points of law in criminal cases ⓘ
references to appellate courts ⓘ
memberOf Law Officers of the Crown ⓘ
officeCreatedFor assisting the Attorney General ⓘ
officeType legal office ⓘ
ministerial office ⓘ
oversees government legal services ⓘ
participatesIn Parliamentary debates on legal issues ⓘ
partOf UK Law Officers ⓘ
positionHeldIn Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
reportsTo Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
represents Crown in important legal proceedings ⓘ
linked to: Crown

UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

public interest in certain legal proceedings ⓘ
requiresQualification qualified lawyer in England and Wales ⓘ
responsibleFor advising government on legal matters ⓘ
assisting in preparation of legal policy ⓘ
conduct of government litigation ⓘ
supervision of Crown’s legal business ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
The Solicitor General ⓘ
subordinateTo Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
traditionallyHeldBy barrister ⓘ
worksWith Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ
Government Legal Department ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Solicitor General for England and Wales → style → The Solicitor General ⓘ
subject linked to: The Solicitor General
Crown officer → mayInclude → Solicitor General ⓘ
subject linked to: Crown officers
linked to: The Solicitor General
Solicitor General of Massachusetts → officeType → Solicitor General ⓘ
linked to: The Solicitor General
Solicitor General of Canada → officeHolderTitle → Solicitor General ⓘ
linked to: The Solicitor General
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot → positionHeld → Solicitor General ⓘ
linked to: The Solicitor General
Solicitor General of Jersey → style → The Solicitor General ⓘ