Scotland
The chief legal adviser in Scotland is the Lord Advocate, currently Frank Mulholland. The Lord Advocate heads the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and is the chief public prosecutor in Scotland.
The Lord Advocate is assisted by the Solicitor General for Scotland, currently Lesley Thomson.
Under constitutional reforms, the Lord Advocate has become a member of the Scottish Government, while the United Kingdom Government is advised on Scots law by the holder of the newly created post of Advocate General for Scotland.
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Famous quotes containing the word scotland:
“Four and twenty at her back
And they were a’ clad out in green;
Tho the King of Scotland had been there
The warst o’ them might hae been his Queen.
On we lap and awa we rade
Till we cam to yon bonny ha’
Whare the roof was o’ the beaten gold
And the floor was o’ the cristal a’.”
—Unknown. The Wee Wee Man (l. 21–28)
“A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.”
—James I of England, James VI of Scotland (1566–1625)
“The “second sight” possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don’t wear trousers.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)