新南威尔士州法律政策专员

新南威尔士州法律政策专员（Solicitor General for New South Wales）是澳洲新南威尔士州的官方律政专员之一，也是新南威尔士州律政司的副手。其可在律政司空缺的情况下行使律政司的职权。法律政策专员与刑事法律专员（Crown Advocate）、刑事检控专员 (新南威尔士州)（Director of Public Prosecutions）及民事检察专员办公室 (新南威尔士州)（Crown Solicitor）一同合作，并担任州官方及州政府的法律及宪法顾问之一。

法律政策专员在法庭上被称为“法律政策专员先生”（Mr Solicitor）或“法律政策专员女士”（Ms Solicitor）。尽管该职衔直译为“总事务律师”，该职位通常是由大律师（barrister）担任，且自1925年以来一直由御用大律师（Queen's Counsel或King's Counsel）或资深大律师（Senior Counsel）担任。以前法律政策专员如律政司一样是政治委任，但它自1922年以来与议会分离，自1969年以来，法律政策专员一直为与司法厅有联系的法定职位。

## 历史及职能

法律政策专员根据《1969年法律政策专员法令》（Solicitor General Act 1969）的规定运作。该法令第2条规定，法律政策专员须为“具有至少7年资历的澳洲律师”，并且不得为厅长级官员。退休年龄定为72岁。法律政策专员在澳洲高等法院及其他法院担任官方法律顾问，并就民事及刑事事宜（包括宪制法事宜）向律政司提供建议。直到1987年，法律政策专员有权在新南威尔士州的刑事上诉法院对刑事讼案提起上诉，然而这后来成为刑事检控专员（Director of Public Prosecutions）的职责。

约翰·宾吉（John Plunkett）是第一位被册封为为御用大律师的新南威尔士州大律师，他于1856年6月6日由律政司职位退休。第一位被委任为法律政策专员时已是御用大律师的人为John Hargrave。Cecil Weigall于1922年被委任为法律政策专员，并于1925年被册封为御用大律师。Harold Snelling在被委任时是御用大律师。自从1969年法律政策专员职位转变为法定职位后，只有身为御用大律师的人选才能被委任为法律政策专员。1993年，新南威尔士州停止册封御用大律师，这一要求随之被取消。

## 历任法律政策专员

### 法律政策专员（1824–1922）

Ordinal｜Solicitor General｜Member of parliament,party affiliation｜Ministry｜Term start｜Term end｜Time in office｜Notes

1｜Stephen｜ ｜Not a member ofLegislative Council｜Prior to responsiblegovernment｜11 August 1824｜17 August 1825｜11 August 1824

Holland｜Appointed in 1826 but never sworn in.

2｜Foster｜3 September 1827｜1 April 1828｜3 September 1827

3｜Sampson｜15 March 1828｜27 October 1829｜15 March 1828

MacDowell｜Appointed in 1830 but failed to take up his duties promptly

4｜Plunkett｜14 June 1832｜16 September 1836｜14 June 1832

5｜à Beckett｜ ｜Not a member ofLegislative Council｜Prior to responsiblegovernment｜20 March 1841｜30 August 1844｜20 March 1841

6｜Manning｜31 August 1844｜11 January 1848｜31 August 1844

(2)｜Foster｜12 January 1848｜19 November 1849｜12 January 1848

(6)｜Manning｜Appointed MLC from 1851, no party｜20 November 1849｜5 June 1856｜20 November 1849

7｜Darvall｜MLA, no party｜Donaldson｜6 June 1856｜25 August 1856｜6 June 1856

8｜Lutwyche｜MLC, no party｜Cowper (1)｜12 September 1856｜2 October 1856｜12 September 1856

(7)｜Darvall｜MLA, no party｜Parker｜3 October 1856｜23 May 1857｜3 October 1856

9｜Wise｜MLC, no party｜23 May 1857｜7 September 1857｜23 May 1857

(8)｜Lutwyche｜MLC, no party｜Cowper (2)｜7 September 1857｜14 November 1858｜7 September 1857

10｜Dalley｜MLA, no party｜15 November 1858｜11 February 1859｜15 November 1858

11｜Hargrave QC｜MLC, no party｜21 February 1859｜26 October 1859｜21 February 1859

Forster｜3 November 1859｜31 March 1860｜3 November 1859

Cowper (3)｜1 August 1863｜15 October 1863｜1 August 1863

12｜Faucett｜MLA, no party｜Martin (1)｜16 October 1863｜2 February 1865｜16 October 1863

(11)｜Hargrave QC｜MLC, no party｜Cowper (4)｜3 February 1865｜21 June 1865｜3 February 1865

13｜Isaacs｜MLA, no party｜Martin (2)｜22 January 1866｜26 October 1868｜22 January 1866

14｜Josephson｜MLA, no party｜Robertson (2)｜27 October 1868｜9 September 1869｜27 October 1868

15｜Salomons｜MLC, no party｜18 December 1869｜15 December 1870｜18 December 1869

Cowper (5)

16｜Windeyer｜MLA, no party｜Martin (3)｜16 December 1870｜13 May 1872｜16 December 1870

17｜Innes｜MLA, no party｜Parkes (1)｜14 May 1872｜19 November 1873｜14 May 1872

18｜O'Connor｜Protectionist | ｜MLC, Protectionist｜Dibbs (2)｜19 July 1893｜13 September 1893｜19 July 1893

19｜Reid KC｜ ｜MLA, Free Trade｜Reid｜21 December 1894｜5 March 1895｜21 December 1894

Reid｜19 December 1895｜20 April 1896｜19 December 1895

Reid｜22 December 1896｜9 February 1897｜22 December 1896

Reid｜27 April 1898｜7 October 1898｜27 April 1898

Reid｜3 January 1899｜1 May 1899｜3 January 1899

20｜Pollock｜ ｜Not a member of Parliament｜31 July 1901｜6 October 1904｜31 July 1901

21｜Garland｜Liberal Reform | ｜MLC, Liberal Reform｜Wade｜21 December 1909｜20 October 1910｜21 December 1909

22｜Bevan｜ ｜Not a member of Parliament｜15 March 1911｜1912

23｜Hall｜Labor NSW | ｜MLC, Labor NSW｜McGowenHolman (1)｜2 April 1912｜28 January 1914｜2 April 1912

24｜Holman｜Labor NSW | ｜MLA, Labor NSW｜Holman (1)｜19 January 1915｜6 February 1915｜19 January 1915

(21)｜Garland KC｜ ｜MLC, Nationalist｜Holman (2)｜16 November 1916｜23 July 1919｜16 November 1916

25｜FitzGerald｜23 July 1919｜12 April 1920｜23 July 1919

26｜Sproule｜Labor NSW | ｜MLC, Labor NSW｜Storey｜15 April 1920｜13 April 1922｜15 April 1920

### 法律政策专员（1923年至今）

Ordinal｜Solicitor General｜Term start｜Term end｜Time in office｜Notes

27｜Cecil Weigall QC｜27 December 1922｜August 1953

28｜Harold Snelling QC｜August 1953｜September 1974

29｜Reginald Marr QC｜September 1974｜March 1978

30｜Gregory Sullivan QC｜February 1979｜February 1981

31｜Mary Gaudron QC｜16 February 1981｜February 1987

32｜Keith Mason QC｜February 1987｜February 1997

Leslie Katz SC (Acting)｜February 1997｜February 1998

33｜Michael Sexton SC｜February 1998｜present

## 基本资料

- 政府所在地：法律政策专员
- 任期：10年
- 网站： NSW Department of Justice
- 设立：1824年8月8日
- 首任：John Stephen
- 任命者：新南威尔士总督
- 种类：新南威尔士州
- 其他：1998年2月
- 现任者：Michael Sexton SC
- 所属部门：新南威尔士州司法厅
- 原文名：Solicitor General for New South Wales