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Army Legal Services Branch
Cap Badge of the former Army Legal Corps
Active	1978, 1992 within AGC
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Size	Approx. 120 Commissioned Officers
Part of	Adjutant General's Corps
Garrison/HQ	Marlborough Lines, Andover
Motto(s)	Justitia in Armis
March	Scales of Justice
Commanders
Director	Richard Allen
Insignia
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The Army Legal Services Branch (ALS) is a branch of the Adjutant-General's Corps (AGC) in the British Army. Before 1992, the branch existed as the independent Army Legal Corps (ALC).

History

Many of the functions of the ALS were once carried out by the Judge Advocate General (JAG) whose own origins can be traced back to medieval times. Following World War I, the growing demand for legal services within the army led in 1923 to the creation of the Military Department of the Office of the Judge Advocate General.

The Directorate of Army Legal Services was formed from the JAG's office on 1 October 1948 and would go on to receive full corps status as the Army Legal Corps on 1 November 1978. It was always the smallest corps in the Army. On 6 April 1992, the corps became the Army Legal Services Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps, but retains a separate identity and its own cap badge.

Activities

Army Legal Services Branch is a group of qualified solicitors, barristers and Scottish advocates providing legal support to the Army.

List of directors general

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

The head of the Army Legal Services Branch is its director. The director general holds the rank of major general.

See also

• RAF Legal Branch
• Judge Advocate General (United Kingdom)

References

1. ^ "ALS history". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
2. "ALS role". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
3. ^ "No. 45427". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 July 1971. p. 7764.
4. "No. 46051". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 August 1973. p. 9717.
5. "No. 46953". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 July 1976. p. 9289.
6. "No. 47681". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1978. p. 13294.
7. ^ "No. 49658". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1984. p. 2875.
8. "No. 50740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 December 1986. p. 15868.
9. "No. 52023". The London Gazette. 22 January 1990. p. 958.
10. "No. 52917". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1992. p. 8159.
11. "No. 53652". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 April 1994. p. 6161.
12. "No. 54745". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 April 1997. p. 4766.
13. "No. 56837". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 February 2003. p. 1389.
14. "No. 59565". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 October 2010. p. 19215.
15. "No. 61372". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 October 2015. p. 18566.
16. "No. 62706". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 2019. p. 12170.
17. "No. 64289". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 January 2024. p. 770.

External links

• Army Legal Services

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