Attorney General guidance to the legal profession

Guidance and regulation

Attorney General's Civil Panel Counsel: appointments, membership lists and off panel counsel
- Detailed guide
- 27 October 2026
- Government Legal Department and Attorney General's Office
Attorney General’s civil panel counsel: practical information
- Detailed guide
- 21 February 2025
- Government Legal Department and Attorney General's Office
The acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise
- Detailed guide
- 30 November 2012
- Attorney General's Office
The Law Officers’ approach to contempt of court referrals
- Detailed guide
- 20 July 2022
- Attorney General's Office
Use of the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud
- Detailed guide
- 29 November 2012
- Attorney General's Office

Apply to the Advocate General’s Panel of Northern Ireland Special Advocates
- 8 April 2026
- Government Legal Department
- News story
Apply to the Attorney General’s Civil Panel Counsel - London A, B and C Panels 2026
- 26 February 2026
- Government Legal Department and Attorney General's Office
- News story
Senior barristers to support government on strategic public cases
- 6 November 2025
- Government Legal Department and Attorney General's Office
- Press release
Apply to join the Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group
- 12 June 2025
- Government Legal Department and Attorney General's Office
- News story
Attorney General’s Civil Panel Counsel, London applications open
- 27 January 2025
- Government Legal Department
- News story

Diversity and Inclusion Statement for the Bar on the use of Panel Counsel
- 22 October 2026
- Attorney General's Office and Government Legal Department
- Policy paper