An Advocate General is a senior law officer of the law in another jurisdiction, usually charged with advising the courts or Government on legal matters.
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... Advocate General Geelhoed issued an opinion based on a medical model of disability ... He also stated that an ‘autonomous and uniform’ Community meaning should be given to "disability" ...
... Setalvad, the first Attorney General of independent India H.M ... Seervai, Advocate-General of Maharashtra, 1975–79 and author of "Constitutional Law of India" Nani Palkhivala, Senior Advocate and Eminent Jurist ... Andhyarujina, former Solicitor General of India, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India Fali Nariman, Senior advocate Supreme Court of India Goolam Vahanvati, incumbent ...
... In the Advocate General's Opinion, Miguel Poiares Maduro generalised his statements for all the protected categories under the Framework Directive (religion, age, sexuality) ... He said, Statistically, 80% of Advocate General's opinions are followed ...
... The position of Advocate General is well established in the French, Dutch, and some other continental European legal systems, where higher courts are assisted by ... They are not advocates representing clients in courts ... The position of Advocate General (avocat général) already existed in the French legal system before the French Revolution, when they were found in the then higher courts (parlements, cours des aides, etc.) and ...
... The Advocate General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the UK Government on Northern Ireland law and the post is held by the Attorney ... The Advocate General and the Solicitor General for England and Wales have, in Northern Ireland, the same rights of audience as members of the Bar of Northern Ireland ... The Advocate General was created as a separate office upon the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 12 April 2010 ...
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