THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1988
LEGAL DEPT OFFICERS PROMOTED
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE PROMOTION OF MR FRANK STOCK QC AND MR PETER ALLAN LAW OFFICERS OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
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THAT
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) MR STOCK (43) WAS APPOINTED LAW OFFICER (SOLICITOR GENERAL) AND MR ALLAN (43) WAS APPOINTED LAW OFFICER (CROWN SOLICITOR).
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MR STOCK STUDIED LAW AT LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED WITH AN LLB DEGRER IN 1967. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY LINCOLN'S IN 1968. HE THEN PRACTISED AT THE ENGLISH BAR UNTIL 1978.
IN THAT YEAR HE CAME TO HONG KONG AND JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS
A CROWN COUNSEL.
THE LEGAL
WHERE,
DURING THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HIS CAREER IN DEPARTMENT, MR STOCK WAS ATTACHED TO THE PROSECUTIONS DIVISION FROM 1980, HE SERVED AS HEAD OF THE COMMERCIAL CRIME UNIT.
HE MOVED TO THE CIVIL DIVISION IN 1983 то HEAD LITIGATION UNIT. IN DECEMBER 1986, HE WAS APPOINTED ACTING GENERAL HEADING THE POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION.
MR STOCK IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO SONS.
THÉ CIVIL SOLICITOR
THE UNIVERSITY AS A BARRISTER
MR ALLAN GRADUATED WITH AN LLB (HONOURS) FROM OF CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND, IN 1969 AND WAS ADMITTED AND SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND IN 1970.
HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN NEW ZEALAND FOR 10 YEARS BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1979 AS A CROWN COUNSEL IN THE CIVIL DIVISION.
ENTIRELY IN
APART FROM A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE LAW DRAFTING DIVISION, MR ALLAN'S CAREER IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SPENT THE CIVIL DIVISION.
MR ALLAN IS MARRIED AND HAS ONE DAUGHTER.
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