Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
What we do
We provide legal services and advice to the Scottish Government and its agencies.
We are responsible for:
- litigation and tribunal work
- commercial law and procurement advice
- instructing bills and drafting subordinate legislation
- legislative competence and devolution matters, including the European Convention of Human Rights and EU Law
- recruiting new lawyers for Government Legal Service for Scotland (GLSS)
Who we are
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Rt Hon Dorothy Bain QC
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Ruth Charteris QC
Management
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Ruaraidh Macniven
Director of Legal Services and Solicitor to the Scottish Government
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