Lord Clark | |
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Senator of the College of Justice | |
Assumed office 24 May 2016 [1] | |
Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Profession | Advocate |
Alistair MacDonald Clark,Lord Clark (born 3 December 1955) is a Scottish lawyer who was appointed in 2016 as a Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Court of Session.
Alistair Clark began his career a university lecturer,teaching mostly commercial law and company law. He was admitted as an advocate in 1994,and appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 2008. [1]
In May 2016,Clark was appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice. [2] [3] He was installed as a judge on 24 May 2016,taking the judicial title Lord Clark. [1]
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