| Date of birth |
30 June 1951 |
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1964 – 1969 |
Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire
(now Glenalmond College) |
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1970 – 1973 |
University of Dundee: LLB degree |
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1973 – 1974 |
University of Liege, Belgium:
Course on European Economic Law |
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1974 – 1976 |
Apprenticeship with Maclay, Murray & Spens, Solicitors,
Glasgow and Edinburgh |
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Professional
Experience |
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1976 |
Admitted as a Scottish Solicitor |
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1976 – 1978 |
Solicitor with Allan McDougall & Co., Solicitors, Edinburgh. |
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1978 |
Called to the Scottish Bar and admitted Member of the Faculty of Advocates. |
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1985 – 1988 |
Advocate Depute. |
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1988 – 1990 |
Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Transport. |
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1990 |
Appointed Queen’s Counsel. |
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1991 – 2000 |
Part time Chairman of Pensions Appeal Tribunal. |
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1991 – 2000 |
Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. |
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1998 – 2000 |
Part time Chairman of Employment Tribunals |
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2000 to date |
Sheriff Principal of Tayside, Central & Fife |
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Has been a member of the JSC since March 2006 |
