The experience at the Hague Conference gave Saunders a detailed working knowledge of European Union law, which was valued by the ministers he advised.[2] He spent periods in the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the Law Officers' Department, before he was appointed an Assistant Treasury Solicitor in 1979. He returned to the Law Officers' Department four years later and served as its Legal Adviser between 1986 and 1989, when he became Solicitor to HM Revenue and Customs.[1] In 1992, he became Legal Adviser to the Home Office, his final appointment before promotion to HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor in 1995;[1] he was the first appointed to the latter office following open competition.[2]
The Times remarked that "The mid-1990s at the Home Office were a less happy time ... it is open to conjecture that [Saunders] did not, after, 1993 find the present Home Secretary [Michael Howard] the most congenial of ministers to advise on law. The entanglement of [Howard] with the judiciary – especially over the legislation on compensation for victims of crimes of violence – was the product of a minister (himself a QC) not listening to his legal adviser".[2]
Saunders died on 17 December 1996, after a heart attack, the year after his promotion to Treasury Solicitor; his obituary in The Times recorded an "outstanding career" as a legal adviser to ministers.[2] He had been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1990, and had taken silk in 1995.[1]
ReferencesEdit
^ abcd"Saunders, Michael Lawrence", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ abcde"Michael Saunders", The Times, 19 December 1996, p. 19.
michael, saunders, lawyer, michael, lawrence, saunders, april, 1944, december, 1996, british, lawyer, public, servant, education, early, career, editsaunders, attended, clifton, college, before, completing, undergraduate, degree, university, birmingham, then, . Michael Lawrence Saunders CB QC 13 April 1944 17 December 1996 was a British lawyer and public servant Education and early career EditSaunders attended Clifton College before completing an undergraduate law degree at the University of Birmingham and then the postgraduate Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Cambridge He was third secretary 1966 68 and then second secretary 1968 72 to the Hague Conference on Private International Law Called to the bar in 1971 he joined the Department of Trade and Industry the following year as a senior legal assistant 1 2 Career EditThe experience at the Hague Conference gave Saunders a detailed working knowledge of European Union law which was valued by the ministers he advised 2 He spent periods in the Treasury Solicitor s Department and the Law Officers Department before he was appointed an Assistant Treasury Solicitor in 1979 He returned to the Law Officers Department four years later and served as its Legal Adviser between 1986 and 1989 when he became Solicitor to HM Revenue and Customs 1 In 1992 he became Legal Adviser to the Home Office his final appointment before promotion to HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor in 1995 1 he was the first appointed to the latter office following open competition 2 The Times remarked that The mid 1990s at the Home Office were a less happy time it is open to conjecture that Saunders did not after 1993 find the present Home Secretary Michael Howard the most congenial of ministers to advise on law The entanglement of Howard with the judiciary especially over the legislation on compensation for victims of crimes of violence was the product of a minister himself a QC not listening to his legal adviser 2 Saunders died on 17 December 1996 after a heart attack the year after his promotion to Treasury Solicitor his obituary in The Times recorded an outstanding career as a legal adviser to ministers 2 He had been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1990 and had taken silk in 1995 1 References Edit a b c d Saunders Michael Lawrence Who Was Who online edition Oxford University Press December 2007 Retrieved 4 January 2019 a b c d e Michael Saunders The Times 19 December 1996 p 19 Legal officesPreceded bySir Gerald Hosker HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor1995 1996 Succeeded bySir Anthony Hammond Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Saunders lawyer amp oldid 1100211684, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
