He became an articled clerk at Derrick Bridges & Co. in 1951, but after being admitted a solicitor in 1956 he worked for Clifford Turner & Co., before joining the Treasury Solicitor's Department in 1960. After several promotions, he was appointed an under-secretary in the Department in 1982, before serving as Deputy Treasury Solicitor between 1984 and 1987. He was then Legal Adviser to the Department of Trade and Industry until his appointment in 1992 as HM Procurator General Treasury Solicitor and the Queen's Proctor, in which offices he served until retiring in 1995."Hosker, Sir Gerald (Albery)", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
