Scottish independence is the idea of Scotland as a sovereign state,independent from the United Kingdom,and refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about.
Edinburgh Law School,founded in 1707,is a school within the University of Edinburgh,Scotland,United Kingdom dedicated to research and teaching in law. It is located in the historic Old College,the original site of the University. Two of the twelve currently sitting Supreme Court of the United Kingdom justices are graduates of Edinburgh,including the current President and Deputy President.
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.
Daniel Stewart's College was designed by the architect David Rhind and opened as Daniel Stewart's Hospital in 1848,renamed to Daniel Stewart's College in 1870,and placed under the perpetual management of the Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh.
Sir Robert Alexander Falconer was a Canadian academic and bible scholar.
Sir Edward Stratten Williams was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Eleanor Veronica Elizabeth Sharpston,KC is an English barrister who served as an Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) from 2006 to 2020.
Sir Paul John Mahoney KCMG is a British jurist who was a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights. He was the first President of European Union Civil Service Tribunal (2005–2011).
Terence Michael Elkan Barnet Etherton,Baron Etherton,is a British retired judge and member of the House of Lords. He was the Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice from 2016 to 2021 and Chancellor of the High Court from 2013 to 2016.
Sir Alexander Kirkland Cairncross,known as Sir Alec Cairncross,was a British economist. He was the brother of the spy John Cairncross and father of journalist Frances Cairncross and public health engineer and epidemiologist Sandy Cairncross.
Sir William James Lynton Blair is a British retired judge. He was previously a Queen's Counsel at London barristers' chambers 3 Verulam Buildings,specialising in domestic and international banking and finance law. He is the elder brother of Sir Tony Blair,the former British prime minister.
William David Hamilton Sellar,MVO,FRHistS,FSA (Scot),FRHSC (Hon) served as Lord Lyon King of Arms from 2008 to 2014. He was married,with three adult sons and a step-son.
Robert John Reed,Baron Reed of Allermuir,is a British judge who has been President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since January 2020. He was the principal judge in the Commercial Court in Scotland before being promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2008. He is an authority on human rights law in Scotland and elsewhere;he served as one of the UK's ad hoc judges at the European Court of Human Rights. He was also a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong.
Matthew Gerard Clarke,Lord Clarke,PC (born 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.
Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli is the Principal of the University of Glasgow and one of the United Kingdom's top economists.
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.
David Graham Drummond Ogilvy,10th and 5th Earl of Airlie,,styled Lord Ogilvy from birth until 1849,was a Scottish peer and soldier.
David Lloyd Jones,Lord Lloyd-Jones,PC,FLSW is a British judge and legal scholar. He has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since 2017,and has also served as a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and as a chairman of the Law Commission prior to joining the Supreme Court.
Simon Stephen Milne is a British marine officer and conservationist who has been Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh since 2014.
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