Curriculum vitae patricia Janet scotland
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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- British Education
- Public Appointments Committees
- Career Summary
- Her Majesty ’ s Attorney General for England, Wales and Northern Ireland 2010 and Advocate General for Northern Ireland
- Minister of State and Deputy to the Home Secretary, Home Office
- Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor
- Alternate UK Government Representative for the European Convention with specific responsibility for the European Charter
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Founding Member and subsequently Head of Chambers 1 Gray
- Specialisations
- Additional Information
- Acts of Parliament
| CURRICULUM VITAE Patricia Janet SCOTLAND (The Rt Hon. the Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC) Personal Nationality British Education 1976
University of London
Professional Qualifications 1977
Called to the Bar - Middle Temple
Middle Temple Scholar
Benefactors Scholarship
Winston Churchill Prize Winner (Middle Temple)
2011
Vice President of Chatham House
2001
Appointed Privy Councillor
2000
Appointed Recorder
1997
Elected a Middle Temple Bencher
1997
Created a Peer as Baroness Scotland of Asthal
1995/1996 Appointed Deputy High Court Judge Family Division
1991/1992
Appointed Assistant Recorder 1991
Appointed Queen ’ s Counsel
1989
Member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Dominica,
1978
Member of the Bar of Antigua, West Indies
October 2011- Return to private practice at 4 Paper Buildings, Temple EC4 and Present Member of the House of Lords
October 2011- Her Majesty ’ s Shadow Attorney General May 2010
Principal legal adviser to the H.M. Loyal Opposition's Shadow Cabinet.
Leadership of the Shadow Law Officers. Jul 2007- May 2010
Her Majesty ’
Ireland 2010 and Advocate General for Northern Ireland
Legal adviser to H.M. The Queen, Parliament and the Government.
Guardian of the rule of law and the public interest. Overall responsibility for the work of the Attorney General's Office and superintended Departments (the Treasury Solicitor's Department, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office, the Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office, the Army Prosecuting Authority and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate).
Specific statutory duty to superintend the discharge of duties by the Director of Public Prosecutions (who heads the Crown Prosecution Service), the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the Director of the Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office, the Director of Army Legal Services and the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
Non-statutory oversight of the armed service prosecuting authorities and government prosecuting departments
Government's principal legal adviser dealing (amongst others) with questions of international law, European Community/Union law, human rights and devolution issues
Public interest functions, for example, reference of unduly lenient sentences to the Court of Appeal, bringing proceedings for contempt of court and intervention in certain proceedings to protect charities
Questions of law arising on Bills and with issues of legal policy Legal aspects of all major international and domestic litigation involving the Government
Specific responsibilities for some elements of the Government's Criminal Justice System targets.
Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Group on fraud, e-crime, bribery, and corruption
Minister of independent Cabinet rank Jun 2003 - Minister of State and Deputy to the Home Secretary, Home Office Jul 2007 Responsible for the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and criminal law, race equality, international issues, ministerial adviser on legal affairs, all legislation in the Lords, Respect, anti-social behaviour policy, crime reduction strategy, youth crime, and anti-domestic violence policy.
May 2005 - Minister of State Criminal Justice System and Offender July 2007 Management
Development of integrated offender management programme
June 2003 - Minister of State for Criminal Justice System and Law Reform June 2005 and the spokesperson for DTI on Women and Equality Issues In the House of Lords
Overall responsibility for reform and modernisation of the Criminal Justice System
Performance Service Agreement Targets 3&4 - narrowing the justice gap
Building confidence in the Criminal Justice System Criminal Justice System IT and E-Government
Cabinet Office Spokesperson on Gender and Equality Issues . 2001 - 2003 Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor ’
Responsible for:
Legal Aid, the Legal Services Commission and Community Legal Service
Civil Justice Policy Civil Law Development
Domestic and International Legal Services Legal Services Ombudsman Law Commission
Commonhold and Leasehold Immigration and Asylum Policy
International Policy and the European Union, including the Convention on the future of Europe
Judicial Group, other than individual appointments and casework Land Registry
Government spokesperson in the House of Lords for Gender and Equality issues (supported by the Women's Unit in the Cabinet Office)
2002 -2003 Alternate UK Government Representative for the European Convention with specific responsibility for the European Charter 1999 - 2001 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Responsible for:
North America The Caribbean
Overseas Territories Consulates
British Council BBC World Service
Administration 1979 - 2009 Founding Member and subsequently Head of Chambers
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Awards inter alia 2011 Named one of the world ’ s fifty Women of Inspiration by WIE 2011 Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney Legal Media Group at European Women in Business Law Awards 2010
Voted No.1 position in the ‘ New Nations ’ Black Power List
2009 Received the UN Anti-Corruption Doha Award 2009
GV Media Group Limited Female Personality of the Year Award
2009
Black Solicitors Network Lifetime Achievement Award
2009
Voted No.1 position in the ‘ New Nations ’ Black Power List
2008 Named the most powerful female black Briton by The Guardian 2008
Caribbean World Award
2008
Voted No.1 position in the ‘ New Nations ’ Black Power List 2007 Awarded London Black Leaders Award
2006 Awarded the Polish Medal for Contribution to Law Reform in Poland 2005
Kathleen Carlin Justice Seekers Award (USA)
2005
The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards
2004
Peer of the Year in the House Magazine Awards
2004
Peer of the Year in the Channel 4 Political Awards
2004
Parliamentarian of the Year from the Political Studies Association
1992
Black Woman of the Year (Law)
Memberships Formerly a member of the Bar Public Relations Committee, Race Relations Committee, Professional Conduct Committee, Judicial Studies Board Ethnic Minority Advisory Committee, House of Commons Working Party on Child Abduction, Legal Advisory Panel on the National Consumer Council, the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services and the National Advisory Committee on Mentally Disordered Offenders. In addition, one of Her Majesty's Commissioners for Racial Equality, a former Honorary President of the Trinity Hall Law Society, a former Chairman of the ILEA Disciplinary Tribunal, a member of the BBC.
World Service Consultative Group, Chairman of HMG Caribbean Advisory Group, the Dominican Representative of the Council of The British Commonwealth Ex-Service league and served as a member of the Millennium Commission from 1994-99.
University of Westminster
University of Buckingham
University of Leicester
University of East London
University of the West Indies
The Society for Advanced Legal Studies
Wolfson College, Cambridge
Cardiff University
Specialisations Constitutional, Fraud, International Corruption, International Comparative, Family and Public law.
Human Rights and Equality issues. Chaired and represented parties in a number of Inquiries relating to Child Abuse, Mental Health and Housing.
A Dame of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, patron of The Margaret Beaufort Institute, GAP, and Missio, and a member of the Thomas More Society and the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship. Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence . Patron of Children and Families Across Borders. Founding Patron of the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence, and the Global Foundation for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (EDV) and Joint Patron of the National Pro Bono Center
Responsible for all legislation in each department during 1999 – 2010
including inter alia:
Bribery Act 2010 Policing and Crime Act 2009 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 Serious Crime Act 2007 Charities Act 2006 Fraud Act 2006 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 Civil Partnership Act 2004 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 Land Registration Act 2002
Criminal Justice Act 2003 International Criminal Court Act 2001 Access to Justice Act 1999
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