Counsel General for Wales
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The Counsel General for Wales is the Welsh Government's Law Officer, which means the government's chief legal adviser and representative in the courts. In addition to these "lawyer" roles the Counsel
Cabinet portrait of Eflyn Llwyd, 2026
Carwyn Jones
John Griffiths
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Law officers of the Crown
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The Law officers of the Crown are the senior legal advisers to His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom and devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Counsel General for Wales
…The Counsel General for Wales (Welsh: Cwnsler Cyffredinol Cymru) is the Welsh Government's Law Officer (akin to the role of attorney general in other Common law jurisdictions), which means the government's chief legal adviser and representative in the…
Ruth Charteris Lord Advocate
B. J. Gill Solicitor General