新南威爾士州法律政策專員

新南威爾士州法律政策專員（英語：Solicitor General for New South Wales）是澳洲新南威爾士州的官方律政專員之一，也是新南威爾士州律政司的副手。其可在律政司空缺的情況下行使律政司的職權。法律政策專員與刑事法律專員（Crown Advocate）、刑事檢控專員（英语：Director of Public Prosecutions (New South Wales)）（Director of Public Prosecutions）及民事檢察專員（英语：Crown Solicitor's Office (New South Wales)）（Crown Solicitor）一同合作，並擔任州官方及州政府的法律及憲法顧問之一。

新南威爾士州法律政策專員
Solicitor General for New South Wales
現任 Michael Sexton SC 1998年2月就職
新南威爾士州司法廳（英语：Department of Justice (New South Wales)）
任命者	新南威爾士總督
任期	10年
首任	John Stephen
设立	1824年8月8日
网站	NSW Department of Justice

法律政策專員在法庭上被稱為「法律政策專員先生」（Mr Solicitor）或「法律政策專員女士」（Ms Solicitor）。儘管該職銜直譯為「總事務律師」，該職位通常是由大律師（barrister）擔任，且自1925年以來一直由御用大律師（Queen's Counsel或King's Counsel）或資深大律師（Senior Counsel）擔任。以前法律政策專員如律政司一樣是政治委任，但它自1922年以來與議會分離，自1969年以來，法律政策專員一直為與司法廳有聯繫的法定職位。

歷史及職能

法律政策專員根據《1969年法律政策專員法令》（Solicitor General Act 1969）的規定運作。^[1]該法令第2條規定，法律政策專員須為「具有至少7年資歷的澳洲律師」，並且不得為廳長級官員。退休年齡定為72歲。^[1]法律政策專員在澳洲高等法院及其他法院擔任官方法律顧問，並就民事及刑事事宜（包括憲制法事宜）向律政司提供建議。^[2]直到1987年，法律政策專員有權在新南威爾士州的刑事上訴法院對刑事訟案提起上訴，然而這後來成為刑事檢控專員（Director of Public Prosecutions）的職責。^[3]

約翰·賓吉（John Plunkett）是第一位被冊封為為御用大律師的新南威爾士州大律師，他於1856年6月6日由律政司職位退休。^[4][5]第一位被委任為法律政策專員時已是御用大律師的人為John Hargrave。Cecil Weigall於1922年被委任為法律政策專員，並於1925年被冊封為御用大律師。Harold Snelling在被委任時是御用大律師。自從1969年法律政策專員職位轉變為法定職位後，只有身為御用大律師的人選才能被委任為法律政策專員。^[6]1993年，新南威爾士州停止冊封御用大律師，這一要求隨之被取消。^[7]

歷任法律政策專員

法律政策專員（1824–1922）

Ordinal	Solicitor General	Member of parliament, party affiliation		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Stephen, JohnJohn·Stephen		Not a member of Legislative Council	Prior to responsible government	11 August 1824	17 August 1825	7002371000000000000♠1岁6天	[8][9]
	Holland, JamesJames·Holland				Appointed in 1826 but never sworn in.			[10]
2	Foster, WilliamWilliam·Foster				3 September 1827	1 April 1828	7002211000000000000♠211天	[11][12]
3	Sampson, JohnJohn·Sampson				15 March 1828	27 October 1829	7002591000000000000♠1岁226天	[13][14]
	MacDowell, EdwardEdward·MacDowell				Appointed in 1830 but failed to take up his duties promptly			[10]
4	Plunkett, JohnJohn·Plunkett [a]				14 June 1832	16 September 1836	7003155500000000000♠4岁94天	[10]
5	Abeckett, WilliamWilliam·à Beckett		Not a member of Legislative Council	Prior to responsible government	20 March 1841	30 August 1844	7003125900000000000♠3岁163天
6	Manning, WilliamWilliam·Manning				31 August 1844	11 January 1848	7003122800000000000♠3岁133天	[10]
6.1 !(2)	Foster, WilliamWilliam·Foster				12 January 1848	19 November 1849	7002677000000000000♠1岁311天	[10]
6.2 !(6)	Manning, WilliamWilliam·Manning		Appointed MLC from 1851, no party		20 November 1849	5 June 1856	7003238900000000000♠6岁198天	[10]
7	Darvall, JohnJohn·Darvall		MLA, no party	Donaldson	6 June 1856	25 August 1856	7001800000000000000♠80天	[10]
8	Lutwyche, AlfredAlfred·Lutwyche		MLC, no party	Cowper (1)	12 September 1856	2 October 1856	7001200000000000000♠20天	[10]
8.1 !(7)	Darvall, JohnJohn·Darvall		MLA, no party	Parker	3 October 1856	23 May 1857	7002232000000000000♠232天	[10]
9	Wise, EdwardEdward·Wise		MLC, no party		23 May 1857	7 September 1857	7002107000000000000♠107天	[10]
9.1 !(8)	Lutwyche, AlfredAlfred·Lutwyche		MLC, no party	Cowper (2)	7 September 1857	14 November 1858	7002433000000000000♠1岁68天	[10]
10	William Bede DalleyWilliam·Dalley		MLA, no party		15 November 1858	11 February 1859	7001880000000000000♠88天	[10]
11	Hargrave, JohnJohn·Hargrave QC		MLC, no party		21 February 1859	26 October 1859	7002247000000000000♠247天	[10]
				Forster	3 November 1859	31 March 1860	7002149000000000000♠149天
				Cowper (3)	1 August 1863	15 October 1863	7001750000000000000♠75天
12	Faucett, PeterPeter·Faucett		MLA, no party	Martin (1)	16 October 1863	2 February 1865	7002475000000000000♠1岁109天	[10]
12.1 !(11)	Hargrave, JohnJohn·Hargrave QC		MLC, no party	Cowper (4)	3 February 1865	21 June 1865	7002138000000000000♠138天	[10]
13	Isaacs, RobertRobert·Isaacs		MLA, no party	Martin (2)	22 January 1866	26 October 1868	7003100800000000000♠2岁278天	[10]
14	Josephson, JoshuaJoshua·Josephson		MLA, no party	Robertson (2)	27 October 1868	9 September 1869	7002317000000000000♠317天	[10]
15	Salomons, JulianJulian·Salomons		MLC,[b] no party		18 December 1869	15 December 1870	7002362000000000000♠362天	[10]
				Cowper (5)
16	Windeyer, WilliamWilliam·Windeyer		MLA, no party	Martin (3)	16 December 1870	13 May 1872	7002514000000000000♠1岁149天	[10]
17	Innes, JosephJoseph·Innes		MLA, no party	Parkes (1)	14 May 1872	19 November 1873	7002554000000000000♠1岁189天	[10]
18	O'Connor, RichardRichard·O'Connor		MLC, Protectionist	Dibbs (2)	19 July 1893	13 September 1893	7001560000000000000♠56天	[c]
19	Reid, GeorgeGeorge·Reid KC		MLA, Free Trade	Reid	21 December 1894	5 March 1895	7001740000000000000♠74天	[10]
				Reid	19 December 1895	20 April 1896	7002123000000000000♠123天
				Reid	22 December 1896	9 February 1897	7001490000000000000♠49天
				Reid	27 April 1898	7 October 1898	7002163000000000000♠163天
				Reid	3 January 1899	1 May 1899	7002118000000000000♠118天
20	Pollock, HughHugh·Pollock		Not a member of Parliament [d]		31 July 1901	6 October 1904	7003116300000000000♠3岁67天	[10]
21	Garland, JohnJohn·Garland		MLC, Liberal Reform	Wade	21 December 1909	20 October 1910	7002303000000000000♠303天	[10]
22	Bevan, WalterWalter·Bevan		Not a member of Parliament		15 March 1911	1912		[10][19][20]
23	Hall, DavidDavid·Hall		MLC, Labor	McGowen Holman (1)	2 April 1912	28 January 1914	7002666000000000000♠1岁301天	[10][21][22]
24	Holman, WilliamWilliam·Holman		MLA, Labor	Holman (1)	19 January 1915	6 February 1915	7001180000000000000♠18天	[10]
24.1 !(21)	Garland, JohnJohn·Garland KC		MLC, Nationalist	Holman (2)	16 November 1916	23 July 1919	7002979000000000000♠2岁249天	[10][23]
25	FitzGerald, JackJack·FitzGerald				23 July 1919	12 April 1920	7002264000000000000♠264天	[10][24]
26	Sproule, RobertRobert·Sproule		MLC, Labor	Storey	15 April 1920	13 April 1922	7002728000000000000♠1岁363天	[10]

法律政策專員（1923年至今）

Ordinal	Solicitor General	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
27	Cecil Weigall QC	27 December 1922	August 1953	7004111750000000000♠30岁217天
28	Harold Snelling QC	August 1953	September 1974	7003770100000000000♠21岁31天
29	Reginald Marr QC	September 1974	March 1978	7003127700000000000♠3岁181天	[10]
30	Gregory Sullivan QC	February 1979	February 1981	7002731000000000000♠2岁0天	[10]
31	Mary Gaudron QC	16 February 1981	February 1987	7003217600000000000♠5岁350天	[10]
32	Keith Mason QC	February 1987	February 1997	7003365300000000000♠10岁0天	[10]
–	Leslie Katz SC (Acting)	February 1997	February 1998	7002365000000000000♠1岁0天
33	Michael Sexton SC	February 1998	present	7004101280000000000♠27岁266天

參見

• 澳洲法律政策專員
• 維多利亞州法律政策專員
• 法律政策專員
• 法律政策專員 (香港)

備註

1. Plunkett was appointed to the Legislative Council on 19 April 1836 when he became Acting Attorney-General.^[15]
2. Salomons was not appointed to the Legislative Council until 11 August 1870, 7 months after his appointment as Solicitor General.^[16]
3. The office was not filled however Richard O'Connor and George Reid were temporarily appointed to allow them to deputise for the Attorney-General in his absence.^[17]
4. Pollock's appointment was controversial because he was a public servant as Secretary of the Attorney-General's department and had never practiced as a barrister.^[18]