Lord Advocate
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His Majesty's Lord Advocate, known as the lord advocate, is the most senior law officer in Scotland, and one of the law officers of the Crown, serving as the principal legal adviser of both the Scotti
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Sir James Stewart, lord advocate 1692–1707, the last lord advocate of the Kingdom of Scotland prior to the Acts of Union
Alexander MacRobert, Lord Advocate between May–June 1929
Lord Hardie 2010
Dorothy Bain
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Dorothy Ruth Bain is a Scottish advocate who served as Lord Advocate between 2021 and 2026. She was the second woman to hold the office after Lady Elish Angiolini KC. Ruth Charteris KC, who served und
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…Many lord advocates in fact nominated themselves for appointment as lord president of the Court of Session or as lord justice clerk. Legal functions Dorothy Bain, lord advocate from 2021 to 2026, appearing before the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee in 2018 The lord advocate is the principal legal adviser…
Official portrait, 2021
Bain alongside Ruth Charteris KC, following their appointment as Scotland's law officers at the Court of Session, June 2021
Bain attends the accession council of King Charles III following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, September 2022