Kenneth Norrie (legal scholar)

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Kenneth McKenzie Norrie FRSE is a Scottish legal scholar. He is a professor emeritus of law at the Strathclyde Law School, where he was formerly head of the department. [1]

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Career

Norrie's first academic post was a one year lecturer position at the University of Dundee in 1982, then he took up a permanent position at the University of Aberdeen the following year, then moved to Strathclyde in 1990. [2]

Professor Norrie is one of the foremost academics[ according to whom? ] in Scots Family Law and Scots Law of Delict. He has served as an adviser to the Scottish Government in formulating family law legislation. [3]

In June 2017, he was the first witness to give evidence in public at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry [4] and provided a report to examine how legal regulations had changed. [5]

Norrie co-authored 'The Law Relating to Parent and Child in Scotland' ( ISBN   978-0-414-01810-5), with the book third edition published in 2014. [6] This work was recognised as significant in relation to family law, illuminating Scot's law's fundamental principles and concepts. [7] He wrote 'Reviews of Children's Hearings in Scotland' ( ISBN   978-0-414-09882-4), with the fourth edition published in 2022. [8]

Norrie retired from his permanent position at Strathclyde Law School at the end of 2023, taking up an emeritus position at Strathclyde as Professor of Law. In February 2024, he gave a Valedictory Lecture on "40 years of developing LGBT legal rights". [9]

Awards and honours

Norrie was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in 2002. [10] He was awarded Lecturer of the Year in 2007 by The Firm Magazine. [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Kenneth Norrie retires after 33 years at Strathclyde". Scottish Legal News. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Norrie, Kenneth (14 December 2023). "Reflections on 41 Years an Academic". Strathclyde Law School . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Justice 1 Committee, Meeting, Family Law (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1". Scottish Parliament. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Abuse inquiry: State tried to 'insulate' children in care". BBC News . 1 June 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Ward, Sarah (20 September 2023). "Abuse inquiry 'initially hampered by unwillingness to acknowledge problem'". The Irish News . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Sheehan, Wendy; Dickson, David (14 April 2014). "Book reviews". Journal. Law Society of Scotland . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Cleland, Alison (2014). "Kenneth McK Norrie, THE LAW RELATING TO PARENT AND CHILD IN SCOTLAND". Edinburgh Law Review . 18 (3): 452–453. doi:10.3366/elr.2014.0239.
  8. ↑ Dickson, David (14 November 2022). "Book reviews: November 2022". Journal. Law Society of Scotland . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "40 years of developing LGBT legal rights - Kenneth Norrie Valedictory Lecture". Strathclyde Law School . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Professor Kenneth Norrie". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Govan Law in the honours at awards dinner" . The Herald . Glasgow. 17 September 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Law awards of Scotland 2007". Edinburgh Law School . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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