Lord Weir | |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| Assumed office 9 April 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Bruce Weir |
| Alma mater | Durham University (BA) University of Dundee (LLB) |
| Occupation | Advocate |
| Profession | Lawyer Judge |
Robert Bruce Weir,Lord Weir is a Scottish judge. He has been a Senator of the College of Justice since 9 April 2020.
Weir is the son of Bruce Weir,who was also a Senator of the College of Justice. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy. He graduated from Durham University with a BA in History and obtained his LLB from Dundee University. [1]
Weir joined Scottish law firm of Maclay Murray &Spens as a trainee solicitor in 1992,and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1995. [1] He practised principally in commercial dispute resolution,with a speciality in maritime law. Wier was an Advocate Depute between 2005 and 2008 and took silk in 2010. [1]
He was appointed as a Sheriff in 2015 sitting in South Strathclyde,Dumfries and Galloway until 2018,at which he was appointed a resident Sheriff at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. [2] He was selected to hear cases in the All Scotland Personal Injury Court located at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. [3] As a Sheriff,Weir determined that a woman had been raped by a man who had earlier been acquitted of rape following a trial in the High Court of Justiciary where the acquittal had been by the controversial not proven verdict. It was the first time in recent legal history in Scotland that a person acquitted of rape had been sued for damages. [4]
Weir was installed as a Senator of the College of Justice in April 2020 taking the judicial title Lord Weir. [5] He had sat as a Temporary Judge of the High Court between 2017 and his appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice. [6] He is a member of the Personal Injury Committee of the Scottish Civil Justice Council,and has served as its chair since November 2023. [7] [8] In March 2024,it was announced that Weir would chair a public inquiry regarding the way in which allegations of misconduct against Sam Eljamel,a brain surgeon,were handled by NHS Tayside. [9]