We provide legal services to the majority of central government departments, including: The legal adviser to the Ministry of the Interior is a senior government lawyer and the senior legal adviser to the Ministry of the Interior. The office was officially established in 1933, but older offices with similar functions date back to the early nineteenth century. We are the government`s chief legal adviser. Our primary objective is to help the government govern well within the framework of the rule of law. While previous experience or knowledge may be relevant to some of our roles, government work will likely involve a learning curve to gain legal skills and knowledge not required in private practice. We support you to help you gain the necessary expertise and have a thriving in-house training program accredited by the CPD. In delegation of the Attorney General, the Deputy Prosecutor General in charge of the Office of the Legal Adviser advises the President and all executive agencies. The Office prepares the legal opinions of the Attorney-General and provides its own written statements and other advice in response to requests from the President`s Adviser, the various executive bodies and other components of the Ministry of Justice. These requests generally relate to legal issues of particular complexity and importance or those on which two or more organizations disagree. The Office is also responsible for reviewing and commenting on the constitutionality of outstanding legislation. Providing legal advice to almost every government department and agency means that there is always a lot going on at GLD.
After 1824, the Ministry of the Interior employed parliamentary drafters, but not in an official position, to prepare and improve criminal law. William Gregson held this position continuously between 1826 and 1833 and received annual payments. His employment ended in 1833, and two years later the Treasury agreed to raise funds for a permanent parliamentary councillor whose office had a salary of £1,200; it was incorporated into the Ministry of the Interior in 1837. However, the post was abolished in 1869 and its incumbent, Henry Thring, was appointed first parliamentary councillor to the Treasury. [1] [2] We provide legal advice to government agencies on issues that are often discussed in Parliament and in the media. Our clients range from departments such as the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of International Trade to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defence, to name a few. GLD is Lexcel accredited, it is a mark of legal quality awarded by the Bar. New legal proceedings in the UK that are to be served on the Treasury Solicitor may be served as follows: By email to: newproceedings@governmentlegal.gov.uk for all new legal proceedings issued in the UK, with the exception of new immigration proceedings. GLD would be grateful if, if possible, all new procedures were delivered electronically and no paper documents were sent to our postal address. New immigration procedures and submission of claims for reimbursement of costs to the Ministry of the Interior (SSHD) in immigration proceedings, i.e.: • Judicial review by the Supreme Court of Immigration• Habeas corpus applications for immigration • Family Court proceedings for immigration • Appeals to the Court of Appeal against Immigration Appeals Appeal decisions of the Higher Immigration Court must be served on: ImmigrationAdminTeam@governmentlegal.gov.uk The reference to the Expense Claims Service at the Ministry of the Interior above refers to claims for reimbursement of officially served expenses (Avis von Commencement and Bill) v.
Ministry of the Interior (SSHD) on the basis of cost decisions rendered in the above-mentioned types of proceedings and judicial review proceedings of the Higher Immigration Court. This does not apply to informal claims or cost negotiation that should be addressed to the GLD expert. If the GLD Registrar is known to the party performing the cost procedure, the GLD Registrar must also be copied to the email address. Judicial immigration reviews issued by the Higher Immigration Court should be served on the Department of the Interior: new applications that would normally only be sent or delivered in person to the Department of the Interior at 6 New Square, Bedfont Lakes, TW14 8HA can now be emailed to UKVIJudicialReview@homeoffice.gov.uk. Where further service instructions have been given in notices of decision-making or in a summary of immigration facts, they should continue to be followed. Formal claims for reimbursement of expenses in such proceedings must be served on GLD as mentioned above. The above e-mail addresses are only used for the delivery of new procedures: any other correspondence addressed to them will be deleted unread. For all proceedings (including the Supreme Court) once the case has been assigned to a GLD social worker, any subsequent service, with the exception of formal claims for costs in immigration proceedings (see above), must be made to his OR HER email address or that of a designated successor. If you delivered by e-mail, please do not send printed duplicates of documents. Business lawyers work closely with their clients (procurement officers, contract managers, commercial managers and other in-house counsel) to help them develop sound policies, develop sound business and procurement strategies, and enter into strong contractual agreements with suppliers. In addition, our lawyers must ensure that all the legal implications of a policy have been taken into account. They are also responsible for ensuring that the legislation they introduce stands up to scrutiny by the courts and Parliament.
We do this by providing legal advice on the development, design and implementation of government policies and decisions, drafting secondary legislation and working with the Parliamentary Advisor in Primary Law and representing the government before the courts. Our cross-functional expert groups in procedural, labour and commercial law provide specialized legal services to a wide range of government departments and agencies. Home Secretary Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy said the office needed its own permanent legal adviser, and Godfrey Lushington was appointed as an adviser to the Home Office. [3] [4] [5] In 1876, he was promoted to assistant assistant legal secretary. He was replaced by Sir Edward Leigh-Pemberton, who retired in 1894,[7] who was replaced by Sir Henry Cunynghame.[6] In 1913, Ernley Blackwell was appointed to succeed Cunynghame and served until 1933.[8] When Blackwell retired, senior officials in the Home Office took the opportunity to reorganize the department, replacing his office with that of legal adviser (with the rank of Under-Secretary of State),[9] the first of whom was Sir Oscar Dowson.