Attorney General John Larkin QC

Photo caption: Bar Council Chair Sarah Ramsey QC pictured with John Larkin QC and DOJ Permanent Secretary Peter May at a Leaders in Legal Excellence event in November 2018.

John Larkin QC’s term of office as Attorney General for Northern Ireland will end on 30 June 2020.

Commenting on John’s tenure as Attorney General, Chair of the Bar Council Sarah Ramsey QC said: “I would like to thank John Larkin QC for his ten years of service as our Attorney General since the devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland in 2010. John has carried out the important duties of this office with great dedication and professionalism over the last decade.

Indeed one of the highlights throughout this time for the Bar has been the Attorney General’s annual Constitutional Law Summer School which has provided a vital space for our members, academics and policy makers to debate, share insights and engage on some of the major constitutional issues of our times.

At the end of his term as Attorney General, John will be in a position to resume independent practice and we look forward to welcoming him back to the Bar Library to continue serving the administration of justice and rule of law”.