Gerard 'Gerry' Maher KC (1953–2023) was a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was a Law Commissioner at 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 ...

from 2000 to 2008, Professor of

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Strathclyde Law School Strathclyde Law School was established in 1964 and operates within the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland. The Law School currently operates from the Lord Hope Building (named afte ...

from 1992 to 2000, and a Professor of Criminal Law at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

. Maher studied

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at the

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and obtained a B.Litt. at the

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in 1976. He was admitted to the

Faculty of Advocates The Faculty of Advocates () is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary. The Faculty of Advocates is a const ...

in 1987 and was a practising Advocate from 1989 to 1991. He was appointed as a full-time Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission in February 2000, and was appointed

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in 2003. Professor Maher was the author of textbooks on international private law and (with Sheriff Douglas Cusine) was the author of a textbook on the law of diligence (the means by which civil law judgments are enforced against assets in Scotland). During his time at the Scottish Law Commission Professor Maher had responsibility for finalising the Commission work on the reform of the law of diligence - largely implemented by the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Act 2007. Professor Maher was in charge of the Scottish Law Commission's proposed reform of rape laws. His term of office at the Commission ended in 2008.

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Scottish Law Commission

Edinburgh Law School
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maher, Gerry Scottish lawyers Members of the Faculty of Advocates Alumni of the University of Glasgow Academics of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Strathclyde Living people Scottish legal scholars Alumni of the University of Oxford 1953 births