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'{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = Frank Mulholland [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] |image = |imagesize = |alt = |caption = |office = [[Lord Advocate]] |term_start = 19 May 2011 |term_end = |monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] |firstminister = [[Alex Salmond]]<br>[[Nicola Sturgeon]] |predecessor = [[Elish Angiolini]] |successor = |deputy = [[Lesley Thomson (lawyer)|Lesley Thomson]]<br/><small>([[Solicitor General for Scotland|Solicitor General]])</small> |office2 = [[Solicitor General for Scotland]] |term_start2 = 19 May 2007 |term_end2 = 19 May 2011 |firstminister2 = [[Jack McConnell]]<br>[[Alex Salmond]] |predecessor2 = [[John Beckett (lawyer)|John Beckett]] |successor2 = [[Lesley Thomson (lawyer)|Lesley Thomson]] |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|18|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Coatbridge]], Lanarkshire |death_date = |death_place = |restingplace = |birthname = |nationality = |party = None<ref name="herald"/> |spouse = |children = |residence = [[Livingston, Scotland|Livingston]] |alma_mater = [[University of Aberdeen]] <small>([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]], [[Diploma in Legal Practice|Dip.L.P.]])</small> [[University of Edinburgh]] <small>([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])</small> }} '''Frank Mulholland''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (born 18 April 1959) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] lawyer and has been [[Lord Advocate]], one of the [[Great Officer of State|Great Officers of State]] of Scotland and the country's chief [[Law Officers of the Crown|Law Officer]], since 19 May 2011, having previously been [[Solicitor General for Scotland|Solicitor General]], the junior Law Officer.<ref name="scotgov">{{cite web|title=Biography: Lord Advocate|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/14944/Scottish-Cabinet/lordadvocate|publisher=[[Scottish Government]]|date=20 May 2011|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> He was the first [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service#Advocates depute|Advocate Depute]] and Senior Advocate Depute appointed from within the [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service|Procurator Fiscal Service]], and only the second non-[[advocate]] appointed to the office of Lord Advocate, the first being his predecessor, [[Elish Angiolini]]. During his career he appeared for the Crown in the 2004 [[Glasgow Ice Cream Wars]] appeals, prosecuted the significant ''[[Transco plc v HMA|HM Advocate v Transco]]'' case in 2005, the first ever prosecution of a public limited company for [[culpable homicide]] in the country, and oversaw prosecution of the infamous 2007 [[World's End murders|World's End murder trial]], which collapsed due to insufficient evidence and resulted in a public dispute between the Lord Advocate of the time, [[Elish Angiolini]], and the [[Lord Justice General]], [[Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton|Lord Hamilton]]. ==Early life== Mulholland was born on 18 April 1959 in [[Coatbridge]], Lanarkshire,<ref name="who">{{cite web|title=Frank Mulholland|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U151338|publisher=[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]|date=December 2010|accessdate= 30 May 2011}}</ref> to Charles and Jean Mulholland. He attended St Bernard's Primary School and Columba High School (now defunct) in Coatbridge. He studied at the [[University of Aberdeen School of Law|School of Law]] of the [[University of Aberdeen]], graduating with an [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] in 1981 and [[Diploma in Legal Practice]] in 1982, and completed his traineeship with Bird, Semple and Crawford Herron, Solicitors, Glasgow, being admitted as a [[solicitor]] in 1984, at which time he joined the [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service|Procurator Fiscal Service]].<ref name="scotgov"/> ==Career== Mulholland's first posting was as a Procurator Fiscal Depute at [[Greenock]], before being transferred to the same post at [[Glasgow]] in 1987.<ref name="scotgov"/> He remained there until 1991, when he was transferred to the [[Crown Office]], working as a solicitor in the [[High Court of Justiciary|High Court]] Unit.<ref name="scotgov"/> He became a [[Notary Public]] (NP) in 1992 and joined the [[Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland]] in 1993.<ref name="who"/> In 1994, he moved from the Crown Office's High Court Unit to its Appeals Unit, and in 1995 qualified as a [[solicitor-advocate]].<ref name="herald">{{cite web|title=Radical change as second top law officer appointed|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/radical-change-as-second-top-law-officer-appointed-1.842297|publisher=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=24 May 2007|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> In 1997, he became the first member of the Procurator Fiscal service to be appointed an [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service#Advocates depute|Advocate Depute]],<ref name="scotgov"/> a lawyer charged with prosecuting in the [[High Court of Justiciary|High Court]]in the name of the [[Lord Advocate]]. He also graduated that year from the [[University of Edinburgh]] with a degree of [[Master of Business Administration|Master of Business Administration (MBA)]].<ref name="who"/> He became Assistant Procurator Fiscal at [[Edinburgh]] in 1999 and District Procurator Fiscal in 2000.<ref name="scotgov"/> He remained in office at Edinburgh until 2003, when he returned to the ranks of Crown Counsel as the [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service#Advocates depute|Senior Advocate Depute]]. He prosecuted the significant ''[[Transco Plc v HM Advocate|HM Advocate v Transco plc]]'' case, the first ever prosecution of a public limited company for culpable homicide in Scotland, and represented the Crown in the successful 2004 appeals by Thomas Campbell and Joe Steele, convicted over the so-called [[Glasgow Ice Cream Wars]]. He was appointed [[Queens Counsel]] (QC) in 2005,<ref name="who"/> in the same round of appointments as [[John Beckett (lawyer)|John Beckett]], whom he would later succeed as [[Solicitor General for Scotland|Solicitor General]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fourteen new Scots QCs|url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1001941.aspx|publisher=Journal of the [[Law Society of Scotland]]|date=17 June 2005|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> In January 2006, Mulholland was appointed by [[Lord Advocate]] [[Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby|Colin Boyd]] as Area Procurator Fiscal for [[Lothian and Borders]], the head of the Procurator Fiscal Service in that [[sheriffdom]].<ref name="scotgov"/><ref>{{cite web|title=New Procuratos Fiscal in Lothians|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2006/01/31094252|publisher=[[Scottish Government]]|date=31 January 2006|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Senior prosecutors appointed in Lothians|url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1002700.aspx|publisher=Journal of the [[Law Society of Scotland]]|date=1 February 2006|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> In this role, he oversaw the high-profile trial for the 1977 [[World's End murders]],<ref name="scotgov"/> which was thrown out of court by the trial judge, [[Matthew Clarke, Lord Clarke|Lord Clarke]], due to a lack of evidence. The [[Lord Advocate]] at the time, [[Elish Angiolini]], made a statement to the [[Scottish Parliament]], saying she was "disappointed" at the decision. This was criticised by [[Lord Justice General]] [[Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton|Lord Hamilton]], head of the Scottish judiciary, who said it undermined the [[independence of the judiciary]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top judge enters World's End row|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7015884.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=27 September 2007|accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Leading judge steps into legal row over murder trial|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/sep/28/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 September 2007|accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref> ===Solicitor General=== Following the [[Scottish Parliament general election, 2007|2007 Scottish election]], newly elected [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] [[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]] [[Alex Salmond]] appointed Mulholland to succeed [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] member<ref>{{cite web|title=Angiolini first non-advocate Lord Advocate|url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1003519.aspx|publisher=Journal of the [[Law Society of Scotland]]|date=6 October 2006|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> [[John Beckett (lawyer)|John Beckett]] as [[Solicitor General for Scotland|Solicitor General]], the junior of the two [[Law Officers of the Crown]] in Scotland. Beckett, who had been junior defence counsel for [[Abdelbaset al-Megrahi]] in the [[Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial|Lockerbie trial]], was subsequently appointed a floating sheriff.<ref>{{cite web|title=Appointment of sheriff|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/04/10100308|publisher=[[Scottish Government]]|date=10 April 2008|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> The SNP government said at the time that they believed Mulholland to have no political affiliation.<ref name="herald"/> His appointment was approved by the [[Scottish Parliament]] without the need for a vote<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6686885.stm "Law officer Angiolini reappointed"], [[BBC News|BBC News Scotland website]], 24 May 2007. URL retrieved 30 May 2007</ref> and he was sworn in as Solicitor General at a ceremony at the [[Court of Session]] on 30 May 2007. His appointment was significant in that it was the first time neither the Lord Advocate nor the Solicitor General had been a member of the [[Faculty of Advocates]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Law officers are both solicitors|url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1004204.aspx|publisher=Journal of the [[Law Society of Scotland]]|date=24 May 2007|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> Both were invited to join the Faculty by its Dean, [[Richard Keen]], in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law officers to join Faculty of Advocates|url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1005809.aspx|publisher=Journal of the [[Law Society of Scotland]]|date=13 October 2008|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> Whilst Solicitor General, he formed the new Serious and Organised Crime Division within the Crown Office,<ref>{{cite web|title=Solicitor General launches Serious and Organised Crime Division|url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1009492.aspx|publisher=Journal of the [[Law Society of Scotland]]|date=17 March 2011|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> as well as leading the successful prosecution of [[Peter Tobin]] in 2007 for the 1991 murder of fifteen-year-old Vicky Hamilton. ===Lord Advocate=== Mulholland was appointed [[Lord Advocate]], the senior [[Law Officers of the Crown|Law Officer]] in Scotland, following the [[Scottish Parliament general election, 2011|2011 Scottish elections]]. He succeeded [[Elish Angiolini]] and his appointment was agreed by the [[Scottish Parliament]] on 25 May.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parliament approves Scottish cabinet members|url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1009773.aspx|publisher=Journal of the [[Law Society of Scotland]]|date=25 May 2011|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> He was succeeded as [[Solicitor General for Scotland|Solicitor General]] by [[Lesley Thomson (lawyer)|Lesley Thomson]], Area Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow. On 13 July 2011, Mulholland was appointed to the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]].<ref name="O13Jul11">[http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/orders-13july2011.pdf Privy Council Office — Orders for 13 July 2011]</ref> In June 2013, he was awarded an honorary degree from the [[University of Aberdeen]] by the [[Duchess of Rothesay]].<ref>{{cite web|title=HRH The Duchess of Rothesay joins University ‘family’|url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/details-13923.php|publisher=University of Aberdeen}}</ref> ==See also== *[[Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament]] *[[Government of the 4th Scottish Parliament]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{succession box | title=[[Solicitor General for Scotland]] | before=[[John Beckett (lawyer)|John Beckett]] |after=[[Lesley Thomson (lawyer)|Lesley Thomson]]| years=2007-11}} {{s-bef|before=[[Elish Angiolini]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Lord Advocate]]|years=2011–present}} {{s-inc}} {{end}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Mulholland, Frank | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Scottish lawyer, Lord Advocate (from 2011) | DATE OF BIRTH = 18 April 1959 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulholland, Frank}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Lords Advocate]] [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:People from Coatbridge]] [[Category:Scottish Queen's Counsel]] [[Category:Scottish solicitors]] [[Category:Scottish solicitor advocates]] [[Category:Solicitors General for Scotland]]'