Juliet Wheldon
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Dame Juliet Wheldon (26/03/1950 - 2/09/2013) was HM procurator general, treasury solicitor and head of the government legal service and a chief legal adviser to the Bank of England. She passed away aged 63 in September 2014.
Career
After graduating from university, Wheldon converted to law and was called to the Bar in 1975. In 1983, she joined the Law Officer's Office (now Attorney General's Office, following brief spells as deputy legal secretary and head of the Treasury division, in 1989 Wheldon moved back to the Law Officer's Office as legal secretary, where she was involved in the handling of the Cash for Questions debacle and Britain's involvement in the Gulf War.[1]
In 1997 she was appointed legal adviser to the Home Office and in 2000 she was HM procurator general, treasury solicitor and head of the government legal service until 2006.[1]
After leaving government, Wheldon was appointed chief legal adviser to the Bank of England. A move which was approved by ACOBA unconditionally with "the normal three-month waiting period being waived".[2]
Education
- Modern History, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shami Chakrabarti Dame Juliet Wheldon The Guardian, 9 September 2013, accessed 13 November 2014
- ↑ Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 13 November 2014
