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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1979
MONTH.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RETIRING NEXT MONTH
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. JOHN HOBLEY, WILL BE RETIRING NEXT
HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR. JOHN GRIFFITHS, Q.C., WHOSE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
MR. HOBLEY WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1950 AND JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A CROWN COUNSEL IN 1953. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SOLICITOR GENERAL IN MAY 1973 AND TO ATTORNEY GENERAL LATER THE SAME YEAR.
HE WAS APPOINTED A QUEEN'S COUNSEL IN 1973 AND WAS AWARDED THE C.M.G. IN 1976.
MR. GRIFFITHS IS AGED 47. FOLLOWING NATIONAL SERVICE IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, HE WENT TO EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH FIRST CLASS HONOURS.
HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1956 AND WAS APPOINTED A QUEEN'S COUNSEL IN 1972.
HE IS A CROWN COURT RECORDER IN ENGLAND AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ENGLISH BAR COUNCIL.
MR. GRIFFITHS IS A MEMBER OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS LEGAL SERVICES CONFERENCE (CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL WELFARE LAW) AND IS ON THE MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER LONDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, AND THE BAR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.
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