Advocate-General

an officer who assists the COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. Advocate-Generals are not members of the Court but are selected in much the same way and have to be equally qualified. It is a peculiarly European office, so does not have an obvious analogy in UK procedure. The Advocate-General will appear at the hearing and may ask questions of parties. Thereafter in open court the Advocate-General will deliver an opinion on the legal position. Thereafter the matter is considered by the Court without the Advocate-General. As the Court does not sometimes express detailed judgments, again in the continental tradition, the opinion, if followed, is a useful indication of the possible reasoning of the Court and is accordingly published along with the decision in the official reports.

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"If the Advocate-General attaches importance to the deposition of Monsieur Joseph Rouletabille, I see no reason why this witness should not give us the name of the murderer."

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Crushed and impoverished by taxation -- imposed by Mazarin, whose avarice impelled him to grind them down to the very dust -- the people, as the Advocate-General Talon described it, had nothing left to them except their souls; and as those could not be sold by auction, they began to murmur.

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First: Puisne Judges and a First Advocate-General at the Court of Cassation:

HM King issues Royal Order 20/2019

On 5 September 2018, the representatives of the governments of the member states appointed Mr Gerard Hogan (Ireland) as advocate-general to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Belgium : Court of Justice of the European Union: further advocate-general appointed

Following CJP's remarks: Sindh advocate-general resigns from his post

Sarwar Khan appointed Sindh advocate-general

The EU Court of Justice's advocate-general proposed, on 15 January, that an appeal from the SNCM (Societe Nationale Corse-Mediterranee, Corsica's national ferry service) aagainst a September 2012 judgement by the EU General Court should be rejected.

FRESH TROUBLES FOR SNCM

New Delhi, June 4 ( ANI ): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday condemned West Bengal Advocate-General Bimal Chatterjee's 'insulting' remarks in the Calcutta High Court that the State Election Commission's demands were like those of a beautiful lady for, and demanded a public apology from him.

Brinda Karat demands WB Advocate-General's apology

The BJP government in Karnataka suffered another setback on Wednesday, with Advocate-General B.V.

Karnataka AG quits over "BJP pressure"

Advocate-General Eleanor Sharpston, of the EU Court of Justice, maintains that it does.

AIR TRANSPORT : PASSENGERS' RIGHTS REGULATION IN DANGER

Although judgment has not yet been delivered, the Marks & Spencer (M&S) case has been heard by the ECJ and the Advocate-General has issued an opinion.

Marks & Spencer: EU claims for cross-border loss relief

Juliane Kokott, a European Union Court of Justice Advocate-General, has sided with Electricite de France (EdF) in its dispute with the Italian government over the Edison dossier, recommending Italy's condemnation by the full Court.

ECJ ADVOCATE-GENERAL CRITICAL OF ITALIAN DECREE AGAINST EDF

The degree of sensitivity was illustrated by the conclusions of the advocate-general of the EU Court of Justice, handed down on 11 April, in a case that also included the freedom to provide services between Turkey and the EU.