The First Minister and deputy First Minister have agreed to
re-appoint Dame Brenda King as Attorney General for Northern
Ireland for a period of five years.
Dame Brenda King's term of appointment will expire on 30 June
2030.
Notes to Editors:
- The post of Attorney General for Northern Ireland was
established following the devolution of justice responsibilities
on 12 April 2010 and the enactment of the Justice (Northern
Ireland) Act 2002.
- Dame Brenda King is the current Attorney General for Northern
Ireland, having been first appointed to the role in 2020.
- Prior to her appointment, Dame Brenda King was previously the
First Legislative Counsel for Northern Ireland. She has over 25
years of experience of drafting primary legislation for Northern
Ireland and other jurisdictions and providing legal advice to
Ministers on the most complex and significant legal and
constitutional matters.
- Dame Brenda King was educated at the Queen's University of
Belfast, the University of South Carolina and Cambridge
University. She began her career as a solicitor in a busy
legal aid practice in Belfast and has also served as a diplomat,
dealing principally with EU law and public international
law. She has a particular interest in international
boundary disputes. She was President of the Commonwealth
Association of Legislative Counsel from 2017-2019 which involved
working with lawyers in 92 jurisdictions to improve the quality
of legislation worldwide.
- Further details on the work of the Attorney General can be
found at https://www.attorneygeneralni.gov.uk/
