By Monidipa Fouzder2021-03-08T17:44:00+00:00
The Government Legal Department has marked International Women’s Day in a fitting way after barrister Susanna McGibbon became the second woman to assume the post of Treasury solicitor.
The Treasury solicitor is the government’s most senior legal official, who also heads the wider government legal profession including a number of government legal teams outside the Government Legal Department.
McGibbon takes over from City solicitor Peter Fish CB, who was appointed interim Treasury Solicitor following the resignation of Sir Jonathan Jones over the government’s Brexit plans.
McGibbon said she was proud to be the second female Treasury Solicitor, following in the footsteps of the late Dame Juliet Wheldon, on International Women’s Day.
International Women s Day: Treasury solicitor praises progress on gender equality but warns against complacency
Susanna McGibbon becomes the second woman to hold the post
Susanna McGibbon Photo: GLD
08 Mar 2021
The government’s most senior legal official has used her first day in the post to highlight the Government Legal Department work in helping women succeed in the civil service, but has also pledged to guard against complacency.
Susanna McGibbon has taken up her post as Treasury Solicitor today, becoming the new permanent secretary of the Government Legal Department and HM Procurator General.
She succeeds Sir Jonathan Jones, who quit as the government’s top lawyer in protest at ministers’ decision to insert clauses into the Internal Market Bill that would allow the government to back out of parts of the EU Withdrawal Agreement, breaching international law in the process.