Breakfast Briefing with Susanna McGibbon, Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department
A video recording of the Breakfast Briefing with Susanna McGibbon, Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department on 1 March 2022.
We were delighted to welcome Susanna McGibbon, Treasury Solicitor and Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department for this Breakfast Briefing to share insights into her role. Find more about Susanna McGibbon’s career to date and the Treasury Solicitor’s unique role at the heart of government and as head of the Government Legal Profession. Join us online for this briefing to:
· Learn how the GLD helps the government deliver its legislative agenda, and continues to provide legal excellence
· Understand better how GLD is expanding its footprint outside of London and building the tools needed to support the department across the country
· Hear about the GLD’s evolving relationship with the private sector, from the Legal Services Panel to the Panel Counsel
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Susanna took up the role of Treasury Solicitor and Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department on Monday 8 March 2021. Her previous roles include: Director General, Directorate B, Government Legal Department, 2018 to 2021; Director of Litigation, Government Legal Department, 2012 to 2018; Legal Director, Department of Communities and Local Government, 2009 to 2012 and Legal Director, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, 2006 to 2009.
The Treasury Solicitor is the government’s most senior legal official and Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department. The department provides the full range of legal services to government departments and other public bodies including: expert advisory, litigation, commercial and employment law services; drafting statutory instruments and other subordinate legislation; advice on the development of new legislation, preparing instructions for bills to be drafted by Parliamentary counsel and assisting in the handling of bills in Parliament; advice on legal policy and practice.
The department is also responsible for collecting, managing and disposing of bona vacantia (ownerless property and other assets) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In addition the Treasury Solicitor acts as head of profession for the wider Government Legal Profession, which includes a number of government legal teams outside GLD.