Post: | HM Attorney General for Gibraltar |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of the Government of Gibraltar.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of His Majesty's Government of Gibraltar |
Department: | Government Law Offices |
Style: | Attorney General |
Nominator: | Chief Minister of Gibraltar |
Appointer: | Governor of Gibraltar |
Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
First: | Sir James Cochrane |
Reports To: | Governor of Gibraltar Chief Minister of Gibraltar |
Salary: | £139,886 per annum [1] |
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.