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The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-mhorair Cùirt an t-Seisein) is the most senior judge in Scotland, the head of the judiciary, and the presiding judge of the College of Justice, the Court of Session, and the High Court of Justiciary.
Colin John MacLean Sutherland, Lord Carloway PC FRSE (born 20 May 1954) is a Scottish advocate and judge who has served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General since 2015. He was previously Lord Justice Clerk from 2012 to 2015 and has been a Senator of the College of Justice since 2000. On 4 June 2024 Lord ...
Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, current Lord President of the Court of Session. The court's president is the Lord President, the second most senior judge is the Lord Justice Clerk, with a further 33 senators of the College of Justice holding office as Lords of Council and Session. The total numbers of judges is fixed by Section 1 of the Court ...
Pages in category "Lords President of the Court of Session" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Inner House is the part of the Court of Session which acts as a court of appeal for cases from the Outer House [2] and from appeals in civil cases from the Court of the Lord Lyon, Scottish Land Court, and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland. It will hear appeals on questions of law from the Sheriff Appeal Court. It will also sit as a court of ...
The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session. [21] The Lord Justice Clerk presides over the 2nd Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session. [15] The current Lord Justice Clerk is Lady Dorrian, who was appointed to the position on 13 April 2016. [22]
In modern times, most judges appointed as Lord Justice Clerk later become Lord President of the Court of Session. Originally clericus justiciarie or Clerk to the Court of Justiciary, the counterpart in the criminal courts of the Lord Clerk Register, the status of the office increased over time and the Justice-Clerk came to claim a seat on the Bench by practice and custom.
He was appointed a judge of the Court of Session in 1994 and was Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission from 1996 to 2001. He served as Lord Justice Clerk from 2001 to 2012 prior to his appointment as Lord President. Between 2015 and 2017 Lord Gill sat on the panel of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Between 2017 and 2020 he served ...