CURRICULUM VITAE
Patricia Janet SCOTLAND
(The Rt Hon. the Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC)
Personal
Nationality
British
Education
1976
University of London
LLB (Hons) London
Professional Qualifications
1977
Called to the Bar - Middle Temple
Middle Temple Scholar
Benefactors Scholarship
Winston Churchill Prize Winner (Middle Temple)
Public Appointments & Committees
2011
Vice President of Chatham House
2001
Appointed Privy Councillor
2000
Appointed Recorder
1997
Elected a Middle Temple Bencher
1997
Created a Peer as Baroness Scotland of Asthal
1995/1996
Appointed Deputy High Court Judge Family Division
1991/1992
Appointed Assistant Recorder
1991
Appointed Queen
’
s Counsel
1989
Member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Dominica,
West Indies
1978
Member of the Bar of Antigua, West Indies
Career Summary
October 2011- Return to private practice at 4 Paper Buildings, Temple EC4 and
Present Member of the House of Lords
October 2011- Her Majesty
’
s Shadow Attorney General
May 2010
Principal legal adviser to the H.M. Loyal Opposition's Shadow
Cabinet.
Leadership of the Shadow Law Officers.
Jul 2007-
May 2010
Her Majesty
’
s Attorney General for England, Wales and Northern
Ireland 2010 and Advocate General for Northern Ireland
Legal adviser to H.M. The Queen, Parliament and the
Government.
Guardian of the rule of law and the public interest.
Overall responsibility for the work of the Attorney General's Office
and superintended Departments (the Treasury Solicitor's
Department, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud
Office, the Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office, the Army
Prosecuting Authority and HM Crown Prosecution Service
Inspectorate).
Specific statutory duty to superintend the discharge of duties by
the Director of Public Prosecutions (who heads the Crown
Prosecution Service), the Director of the Serious Fraud Office,
the Director of the Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office, the
Director of Army Legal Services and the Director of Public
Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
Non-statutory oversight of the armed service prosecuting
authorities and government prosecuting departments
Government's principal legal adviser dealing (amongst others)
with questions of international law, European Community/Union
law, human rights and devolution issues
Public interest functions, for example, reference of unduly lenient
sentences to the Court of Appeal, bringing proceedings for
contempt of court and intervention in certain proceedings to
protect charities
Questions of law arising on Bills and with issues of legal policy
Legal aspects of all major international and domestic litigation
involving the Government
Specific responsibilities for some elements of the Government's
Criminal Justice System targets.
Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Group on fraud, e-crime, bribery,
and corruption
Minister of independent Cabinet rank
Jun 2003 -
Minister of State and Deputy to the Home Secretary, Home Office
Jul 2007
Responsible for the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and criminal
law, race equality, international issues, ministerial adviser on legal
affairs, all legislation in the Lords, Respect, anti-social behaviour
policy, crime reduction strategy, youth crime, and anti-domestic
violence policy.
May 2005 - Minister of State Criminal Justice System and Offender
July 2007 Management
Development of integrated offender management programme
June 2003 -
Minister of State for Criminal Justice System and Law Reform
June 2005 and the spokesperson for DTI on Women and Equality Issues
In the House of Lords
Overall responsibility for reform and modernisation of the
Criminal Justice System
Performance Service Agreement Targets 3&4 - narrowing the
justice gap
Building confidence in the Criminal Justice System
Criminal Justice System IT and E-Government
Cabinet Office Spokesperson on Gender and Equality Issues
.
2001 - 2003
Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy to the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Chancellor
’
s Department
Responsible for:
Legal Aid, the Legal Services Commission and Community Legal
Service
Civil Justice Policy
Civil Law Development
Domestic and International Legal Services
Legal Services Ombudsman
Law Commission
Commonhold and Leasehold
Immigration and Asylum Policy
International Policy and the European Union, including the
Convention on the future of Europe
Judicial Group, other than individual appointments and casework
Land Registry
Government spokesperson in the House of Lords for Gender and
Equality issues (supported by the Women's Unit in the Cabinet
Office)
2002 -2003
Alternate UK Government Representative for the European
Convention with specific responsibility for the European Charter
1999 - 2001
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Responsible for:
North America
The Caribbean
Overseas Territories
Consulates
British Council
BBC World Service
Administration
1979 - 2009
Founding Member and subsequently Head of Chambers
1 Gray
’
s Inn Square, WC1
Awards inter alia
2011 Named one of the world
’
s fifty Women of Inspiration by WIE
2011 Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney Legal
Media
Group at European Women in Business Law Awards
2010
Voted No.1 position in the
‘
New Nations
’
Black Power List
2009 Received the UN Anti-Corruption Doha Award
2009
GV Media Group Limited Female Personality of the Year Award
2009
Black Solicitors Network Lifetime Achievement Award
2009
Voted No.1 position in the
‘
New Nations
’
Black Power List
2008 Named the most powerful female black Briton by The Guardian
2008
Caribbean World Award
2008
Voted No.1 position in the
‘
New Nations
’
Black Power List
2007 Awarded London Black Leaders Award
2006 Awarded the Polish Medal for Contribution to Law Reform in Poland
2005
Kathleen Carlin Justice Seekers Award (USA)
2005
The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards
2004
Peer of the Year in the House Magazine Awards
2004
Peer of the Year in the Channel 4 Political Awards
2004
Parliamentarian of the Year from the Political Studies Association
1992
Black Woman of the Year (Law)
Memberships
Formerly a member of the Bar Public Relations Committee, Race
Relations Committee, Professional Conduct Committee, Judicial
Studies Board Ethnic Minority Advisory Committee, House of
Commons Working Party on Child Abduction, Legal Advisory Panel on
the National Consumer Council, the Independent Committee for the
Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services and the
National Advisory Committee on Mentally Disordered Offenders. In
addition, one of Her Majesty's Commissioners for Racial Equality, a
former Honorary President of the Trinity Hall Law Society, a former
Chairman of the ILEA Disciplinary Tribunal, a member of the BBC.
World Service Consultative Group, Chairman of HMG Caribbean
Advisory Group, the Dominican Representative of the Council of The
British Commonwealth Ex-Service league and served as a member of
the Millennium Commission from 1994-99.
Honorary Doctorates
University of Westminster
University of Buckingham
University of Leicester
University of East London
University of the West Indies
Honorary Fellowships
The Society for Advanced Legal Studies
Wolfson College, Cambridge
Cardiff University
Specialisations
Constitutional, Fraud, International Corruption, International
Comparative, Family and Public law.
Human Rights and Equality issues.
Chaired and represented parties in a number of Inquiries relating to
Child Abuse, Mental Health and Housing.
Additional Information
A Dame of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George,
patron of The Margaret Beaufort Institute, GAP, and Missio, and a
member of the Thomas More Society and the Lawyers' Christian
Fellowship. Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Domestic
and Sexual Violence
.
Patron of Children and Families Across Borders.
Founding Patron of the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence,
and the Global Foundation for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
(EDV) and Joint Patron of the National Pro Bono Center
Acts of Parliament
Responsible for all legislation in each department during 1999
–
2010
including inter alia:
Bribery Act 2010
Policing and Crime Act 2009
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
Serious Crime Act 2007
Charities Act 2006
Fraud Act 2006
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
Land Registration Act 2002
Criminal Justice Act 2003
International Criminal Court Act 2001
Access to Justice Act 1999
Dostları ilə paylaş: |