GOVERNMENT advocate Stephen Harding has been appointed to succeed John Corlett QC as the Island's Attorney General when Mr Corlett retires in April next year.
Mr Harding has been a Manx advocate for more than 18 years having been called to the Manx Bar in January 1992.
After working in private practice he joined the Attorney General's Chambers as government advocate in February 2002 and has advised the Isle of Man Government on a wide variety of legal issues.
The Attorney General is appointed by Her Majesty the Queen and is the legal adviser to the Crown in the Isle of Man and to the Isle of Man Government.
He is ex officio a Member of the Legislative Council and attends meetings of the Council of Ministers.
The Attorney General is also responsible for the prosecution of offences in the Court of General Gaol Delivery and for the drafting of government legislation.
