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Scottish Law Commission
The Scottish Law Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 1965 to keep Scots law under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update the country's legal system. It was established by the Law Commissions Act 1965 (as amended) at the same time as the Law Commission in England and Wales. Appointments are ordinarily made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice. The commission is part of the Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies. Functions The Commission exists to keep Scots law under review and recommend reform as needed. The commission's scope encompasses devolved and reserved matters, as defined by the Scotland Act 1998 and as such has duty for laws that are the responsibility of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as well as those that are the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament. Composition The commission consists o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Bodies Of The Scottish Government
Public bodies of the Scottish Government are organisations that are funded by the Scottish Government. They form a tightly meshed network of executive and advisory non-departmental public bodies ("quangoes"); tribunals; and nationalised industries. Such public bodies are distinct from executive agencies of the Scottish Government, as unlike them they are not considered to be part of the Government and staff of public bodies are not civil servants, although executive agencies are listed in the Scottish Government's directory of national public bodies alongside other public bodies. Governance The Scottish Government is responsible for appointing a board of directors to run public bodies. The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland is responsible for regulating the process. Public bodies are assigned "sponsoring departments" who provide funding in the form of grant-in-aid to assist with running costs and capital investment. Most public bodies also have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of The United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom, supreme Legislature, legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses Parliamentary sovereignty, legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and the overseas territories. Parliament is Bicameralism, bicameral but has three parts, consisting of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign (King-in-Parliament), the House of Lords, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons (the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, primary chamber). In theory, power is officially vested in the Queen-in-Parliament, King-in-Parliament. However, the Crown normally acts on the Advice (constitutional), advice of the prime minister, and the powers of the House of Lords are limited to only delaying legislation; thus power is ''de facto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Drummond Young, Lord Drummond Young
James Edward Drummond Young, Lord Drummond Young, (born 17 February 1950) is a retired judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and was formerly Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission. Early life James Drummond Young was born in Edinburgh the son of Duncan Drummond Young (1914-2007) and his wife, Annette Mackay (1914-1995). He was educated at John Watson's School in the city. He studied law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (BA 1971), Harvard University (Joseph Hodges Choate Memorial Fellow, 1971–72; LLM 1972) and the University of Edinburgh School of Law (LLB 1974), and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1976, taking silk in 1988. He served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Industry from 1984 to 1986 and to the Inland Revenue from 1986 to 1988, and as an Advocate Depute from 1999 to 2001. He is co-author with John St. Clair of ''The Law of Corporate Insolvency in Scotland'', first published in 1988 and revised in 1992 and 2004. Judicial career Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Mackay, Lord Eassie
Ronald David Mackay, Lord Eassie, (born 1945) is a Scottish lawyer and retired judge of the country's Supreme Courts, sitting in the Inner House of the Court of Session. Education Mackay was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns, Scotland, and studied at the University of St Andrews ( M.A. Hons.) and the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh (LL.B.). Career Mackay was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates (the Scottish Bar) in 1972. From 1979 to 1982, he worked in Luxembourg for the Court of Justice of the European Communities.''The Right Hon Lord Eassie (Ronald David Mackay)'' Biography, University of Edinburgh, retrieved 01-06-2009 Mackay was appointed |
Brian Gill, Lord Gill
Brian Gill, Lord Gill, (born 25 February 1942) is a retired Scottish judge and legal academic. He served as Lord President and Lord Justice General from June 2012 until May 2015. Gill previously served as Lord Justice Clerk from 2001 to 2012, and as Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission from 1996 to 2001. As an advocate, he practised principally in agricultural law and is the author of ''The Law of Agricultural Holdings in Scotland''. In 2007–2009, Gill undertook a far-reaching review of the civil courts system in Scotland, recommending a shift of much of the workload of the Court of Session to Scotland's local sheriff courts. Education Gill was born in Glasgow and educated at St Aloysius' College, an independent Jesuit school in the city. He studied at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow (M.A., LL.B.), where he was a member of the Glasgow University Union and Dialectic Society, and at Edinburgh where he gained his PhD in 1975 and lectured in the Faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson
The Hon Charles Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson FRSE (13 April 1929 – 18 June 2009) was a Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice and Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. He was Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission 1988 to 1996. Life Davidson was born at Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh on 13 April 1929, the son of Charlotte Brookes Kemp and her husband, Rev Dr Donald Davidson (1892–1970) of St Andrews and St Georges Church. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy then Fettes College. He read Greats at Brasenose College, Oxford going on to study law at the University of Edinburgh. From 1953 to 1954 he undertook National Service, as a subaltern in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. During this time he served in British Guyana and Berlin. He qualified as an advocate in 1956 and became Queen's Counsel in 1969. In 1983 he became a Senator of the College of Justice. He was a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh. From 1988 until 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Maxwell, Lord Maxwell
Peter Maxwell, Lord Maxwell (1919–1994) was a 20th-century Scottish lawyer who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born in Dumfriesshire on 21 May 1919. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. In the Second World War, he served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and afterwards studied law at Balliol College, Oxford, later was called to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1951. He served as Sheriff Principal for Dumfries and Galloway from 1970 to 1973, succeeding David Brand. In 1973 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice. He served as chairman of the Scottish Law Commission The Scottish Law Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 1965 to keep Scots law under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update the country's legal sy ... from 1981 to 1988.Herald (newspaper) 4 Jan 1994 He died in Edinburgh on 2 January 1994. Family In 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter
John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter VRD (1913–2006) was a 20th-century Scottish advocate who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was known to friends as Jack Hunter. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 21 February 1913 the son of John Mair Hunter QC. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Rugby School. He studied Law at both New College, Oxford and Edinburgh University. He passed both the English and Scottish bar as an advocate in 1937. In September 1939 as an officer in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve he was called up prior to the onset of the Second World War serving on the mine-layer Menestheus. He reached the rank of Lt Commander. After the war he practiced as an advocate in Edinburgh. He became King's Counsel in 1951 (Queen's Counsel following the coronation of Elizabeth II). In 1957 he became Sheriff Principal of Argyll and Bute. In 1972 he became Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk. In October 1961 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon
Charles James Dalrymple Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, PC (15 August 1906 – 10 September 1989) was a Scottish judge and law lord. Family and education He was the son of James Edward Shaw and his wife Gladys Elizabeth Lester (the daughter of the Rev. John Moore Lester and granddaughter of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Parkinson Lester). Shaw was educated at Charterhouse School and went then to Balliol College, Oxford. He finally graduated at the University of Edinburgh. On 5 April 1937, he married Ruth Caroline Grant and had by her two sons and three daughters. Judicial career Shaw was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1932 and was appointed its dean in 1957. After his military service in the Second World War, he was nominated a Queen's Counsel in 1949. He was Sheriff of Ayr and Bute from 1954 and subsequently Sheriff of Perth and Angus in 1957. Two years later, he became a Senator of the College of Justice and Lord of Session, choosing the judicial title Lord Kilbrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Counsel
In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is typically a senior trial lawyer. Technically appointed by the monarch of the country to be one of 'His erMajesty's Counsel learned in the law', the position originated in England and Wales. Some Commonwealth countries have either abolished the position, or renamed it so as to remove monarchical connotations, for example, ' Senior counsel' or 'Senior Advocate'. Appointment as King's Counsel is an office, conferred by the Crown, that is recognised by courts. Members have the privilege of sitting within the inner bar of court. As members wear silk gowns of a particular design (see court dress), appointment as King's Counsel is known informally as ''receiving, obtaining,'' or ''taking silk'' and KCs are often colloquially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solicitor
A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practise there as such. For example, in England and Wales a solicitor is admitted to practise under the provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974. With some exceptions, practising solicitors must possess a practising certificate. There are many more solicitors than barristers in England; they undertake the general aspects of giving legal advice and conducting legal proceedings. In the jurisdictions of England and Wales and in Northern Ireland, in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, Hong Kong, South Africa (where they are called '' attorneys'') and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers (called ''advocates'' in some countries, for example Scotla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advocate
An advocate is a professional in the field of law. List of country legal systems, Different countries' legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, in Scots law, Scottish, Law of the Isle of Man, Manx, Anglo-Dutch law, South African, Law of Italy, Italian, Law of France, French, Law of Spain, Spanish, Law of Portugal, Portuguese, Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law#Scandinavian Law, Scandinavian, Law of Poland, Polish, Israeli, South Asian and South American jurisdictions, "Advocate" indicates a lawyer of superior classification. "Advocate" is in some languages an honorific for lawyers, such as "Alberico Gentili, Adv. Sir Alberico Gentili". "Advocate" also has the everyday meaning of speaking out to help someone else, such as patient advocacy or the support expected from an elected politician; this article does not cover those senses. Europe United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
