 In June 2009, Attorney-General Hon Christopher Finlayson announced that the title of Queen's Counsel would be reinstated, and a bill to implement the restoration was introduced into Parliament in March 2010.The bill passed committee stage in November 2012, was passed in a third reading and received the Royal Assent on 19 November 2012.In December 2012, Finlayson was one of the first appointments under the reinstated regime.