Related Research Articles
The High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. The High Court is both a trial court and a court of appeal. As a trial court,the High Court sits on circuit at Parliament House or in the adjacent former Sheriff Court building in the Old Town in Edinburgh,or in dedicated buildings in Glasgow and Aberdeen. The High Court sometimes sits in various smaller towns in Scotland,where it uses the local sheriff court building. As an appeal court,the High Court sits only in Edinburgh. On one occasion the High Court of Justiciary sat outside Scotland,at Zeist in the Netherlands during the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial,as the Scottish Court in the Netherlands. At Zeist the High Court sat both as a trial court,and an appeal court for the initial appeal by Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
William Douglas Cullen,Baron Cullen of Whitekirk,is a former senior member of the Scottish judiciary. He formerly served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session,and was an additional Lord of Appeal in the House of Lords prior to the transfer of its judicial functions to the Supreme Court.
Andrew Rutherford Hardie,Baron Hardie,is a former Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland,and a former Lord Advocate,the country's senior Law Officer. He led the prosecution team in the preparation of the original Lockerbie bombing trial,but resigned as Lord Advocate shortly before the trial commenced in 2000.
Alan Ferguson Rodger,Baron Rodger of Earlsferry was a Scottish academic,lawyer,and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
James Arthur David Hope,Baron Hope of Craighead,is a retired Scottish judge who served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General,Scotland's most senior judge,and later as first Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 until his retirement in 2013,having previously been the Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He served as Convenor of the Crossbench peers in the House of Lords from 2015 to 2019.
John Alastair Cameron,Lord Abernethy,PC is a Scottish lawyer,and a former Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the country's Supreme Courts,serving from 1992 to 2007,when he retired. He was a member of the English Bar before moving to the Scottish Faculty of Advocates,where he served as vice-dean from 1983 to 1992.
James John Clyde,Baron Clyde,PC was a Scottish judge.
Douglas Harold Johnston,Lord Johnston,TD was a Scottish Advocate,politician and Judge. He served as a Minister in the government of Clement Attlee and ended his career as a Senator of the College of Justice. Johnston took the legal title Lord Johnston.
Alastair Peter Campbell,Lord Bracadale is a retired senior Scottish judge.
Francis Mulholland,Lord Mulholland,is a Scottish judge who has been a Senator of the College of Justice since 2016. He previously served from 2011 to 2016 as Lord Advocate,one of the Great Officers of State of Scotland and the country's chief Law Officer,and as Solicitor General,the junior Law Officer.
Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie,Lord Kinclaven was a Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
Kenneth Hilton Osborne,Lord Osborne PC was a Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland,sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session. Appointed in 1990,he was Scotland's longest-serving judge.
William Austin Nimmo Smith is a former Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland,sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session. He retired from this position on 30 September 2009.
Thomas Cordner Dawson,Lord Dawson was a Scottish lawyer. He was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1992 until his appointment in 1995 as a Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland,and held this post until his death in 2007.
The University of Aberdeen School of Law is the law school of University of Aberdeen,located in Aberdeen,Scotland. Established in 1495,it is consistently ranked among the top 10 law schools in the United Kingdom.
Roderick Francis Macdonald,Lord Uist is a Scottish retired judge. As a Senator of the College of Justice,he was a member of the Court of Session,Scotland's highest court.
Angus Stewart,Lord Stewart is a Scottish lawyer and retired judge. From 2010 to 2016 he was a Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
The judiciary of Scotland are the judicial office holders who sit in the courts of Scotland and make decisions in both civil and criminal cases. Judges make sure that cases and verdicts are within the parameters set by Scots law,and they must hand down appropriate judgments and sentences. Judicial independence is guaranteed in law,with a legal duty on Scottish Ministers,the Lord Advocate and the Members of the Scottish Parliament to uphold judicial independence,and barring them from influencing the judges through any form of special access.
George Gordon Stott,Lord Stott,PC was a Scottish advocate,sheriff and Lord Advocate,the chief legal officer for the Crown and government in Scotland. In retirement Gordon Stott published three volumes of extracts from the diaries he had been keeping throughout his legal career.
David William Robert Brand,Lord Brand was a British lawyer and judge. He had a conservative outlook on life,and as a judge he had a reputation for both speedy decisions and severe sentences.
References
- 1 2 3 "Lord Marnoch installed". The Herald . 6 January 1990.
- 1 2 "A new judge in the line". Daily Record . 6 January 1990. p. 14.
- ↑ "No. 19706". The Edinburgh Gazette . 22 July 1975. p. 995.
- ↑ "Lord Marnoch retires". The Journal Online. 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008.
- ↑ "National Roundup". The Guardian . 10 March 2000.
- ↑ "Mother 'disgusted' by appeal ruling". BBC News . 19 October 2001.
- ↑ Fixter, Alison (10 February 2005). "Vindicated: PCC backs The Firm over complaint by Scottish judge". Press Gazette .