Lord Ericht | |
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Senator of the College of Justice | |
Assumed office 31 May 2016 [1] | |
Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 September 1963 |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Profession | Advocate |
Andrew Fleming Stewart,Lord Ericht (born 12 September 1963) is a Scottish lawyer who was appointed in 2016 as a Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Court of Session.
Stewart was educated at Perth High School and the University of Edinburgh and qualified as a solicitor in 1988. [1] He practised with Clifford Chance and Tods Murray, [1] and served as Legal Assistant to the Lord President of the Court of Session [2] before being admitted as an advocate in 1996. [1] From 2000 to 2009 he was standing junior counsel to the Department of Trade and Industry, [3] and in 2003 he was elected as Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates. [2] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2009,and then served as an advocate depute until 2013 [1] [2] when he returned to independent practice in commercial and public law. [1] He has also held part-time appointments as visiting lecturer at the Universitéde Lorraine,France from 1993 to 2016. [4]
In May 2016,Stewart was appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice. [2] [5] He was installed as a judge on 31 May 2016,taking the judicial title Lord Ericht. [1]
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