AGY-87 | Attorney-General's Branch [Department of Attorney General and of Justice]

Full description

In 1911 the Department of Attorney General and of Justice was divided into two branches: the Justice Branch and the Attorney General's Branch. (1)

Attorney General's Branch was responsible for: the Office of Chief Justice and to the Puisne Judges, the Industrial Court and District Courts; the Office of Chairman of Quarter Sessions; the appointment of sittings of the Supreme Court at Circuit towns and District Courts and Courts of Quarter Sessions; advising the Government on all legal questions; the offices of the Crown Solicitor, Parliamentary Draftsman, the Crown Prosecutors, the Clerk of the Peace; and statute law consolidation (2).

There had been little change to the composition of the department.

A detailed analysis and working papers may be found in Agency Registration File AG/0011 (Attorney General and Justice).

FOOTNOTES
(1) Public Service List, 1911.
(2) Official Yearbook, 1911, p.38.

REFERENCES
(1) "Concise Guide" 2nd Edition "A - C" "Attorney General and Justice", p.70.