Ruth Charteris

Born in 1973 in Glasgow, Charteris studied at the University of Glasgow School of Law, where she gained an LL.B (Hons) and a diploma in legal practice. ==Career==

Early legal career Charteris was admitted as an advocate in 2000 and came to the Bar on completion of her post as Legal Assistant to the Lord President of the Court of Session. Charteris served as an ad hoc Advocate Depute from 2010 to 2016. She served as a Standing Junior to the Scottish Government from 2012 and Second Standing Junior to the Scottish Government from 2016 to 2020. After her appointment as Queen's Counsel, she served as a full-time Advocate Depute from 2020 until her appointment as Solicitor General. Scottish Social Services Council Charteris has been a legally qualified chair of the Scottish Social Services Council since 2017. She has been Chair of the Fitness to Practice Panel of the SSSC since 2017. == Solicitor General, 2021–present ==

KC, following their appointment as Scotland's law officers at the Court of Session, June 2021 Appointment On 16 June 2021 the Scottish Government announced that Nicola Sturgeon had recommended Charteris to the Scottish Parliament for appointment as Solicitor General for Scotland by The Queen. Her nomination as Solicitor General for Scotland was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 17 June 2021. The appointment of Charteris to the post of Solicitor General for Scotland, and Dorothy Bain KC to the position of Lord Advocate marks the first time that Scotland's top law officers were both women. Duties Charteris was selected as the annual speaker at the Annual Reflections Lecture at the Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law event. In 2023, as Solicitor General for Scotland, she was instructed by First Minister Humza Yousaf to "fully investigate" claims that the Scottish Government had not handed over WhatsApp communications and text messages which were exchanged between senior government officials during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland, following claims made during the United Kingdom COVID-19 inquiry. Yousaf had claimed that it was his "understanding" that all messages required had been handed over. ==See also==