Senator of the College of Justice
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The Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of senator: Lords of Session (judges of the Court of Session); Lords Commissioners of Justiciary (judges of the High Court of Justiciary); and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court. Whilst the High Court and Court of Session historically maintained separate judiciary, these are now identical, and the term Senator is almost exclusively used in referring to the judges of these courts.
Senators of the college use the
Under section 11 of the Treason Act 1708, it is treason to kill a Senator of the College of Justice "sitting in Judgment in the Exercise of their Office within Scotland".
History
Henry Lauder, Lord St Germains, King's Advocate, was one of the nine advocates appointed at the institution of the College of Justice.[1]
Originally, some
List of senators
The
Inner House
The Lord President is the president of the First Division, and the Lord Justice Clerk is the president of the Second Division.
Senator | Mandatory retirement | Inner House appointment | Outer House appointment | Division | |
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1 | The Rt Hon. Lord Carloway (Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General) |
20 May 2029 | August 2008 | February 2000 | First |
2 | The Rt Hon. Lady Dorrian (Lord Justice Clerk) |
16 June 2032 | November 2012 | 2005 | Second |
3 | The Rt Hon. Lady Paton | 2027 | April 2007 | January 2000 | Second |
4 | The Rt Hon. Lord Malcolm | 1 October 2028 | 1 July 2014 | 2007 | Second |
5 | The Rt Hon. Lord Pentland | 11 March 2032 | July 2020 | November 2008 | First |
6 | The Rt Hon. Lord Doherty | 30 January 2033 | December 2020 | May 2010 | First |
7 | The Rt Hon. Lord Matthews | 4 December 2028 | August 2021 | 2007 | Second |
8 | The Rt Hon. Lord Tyre | 17 April 2031 | 5 January 2022 | May 2010 | First |
9 | The Rt Hon. The Lord Boyd of Duncansby | 7 June 2028 | 5 January 2022 | 26 June 2012 | First |
10 | The Rt Hon. Lady Wise | 22 January 2033 | 5 January 2022 | 6 February 2013 | First |
11 | The Rt Hon. Lord Armstrong | 26 May 2031 | 23 June 2023 | 15 February 2013 | Second |
12 | The Rt Hon. Lord Beckett | 1 July 2023 | 17 May 2016 | Second |
Outer House
Senator | Mandatory retirement | Appointment | |
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13 | The Hon. Lord Brailsford | 16 August 2029 | 2006 |
14 | The Hon. Lady Stacey | 25 May 2029 | January 2009 |
15 | The Hon. Lord Clark | 24 May 2016 | |
16 | The Hon. Lord Ericht | 12 September 2038 | 31 May 2016 |
17 | The Hon. Lady Carmichael | 26 November 2044 | 30 June 2016 |
18 | The Rt. Hon. Lord Mulholland | 18 April 2034 | 15 December 2016 |
19 | The Hon. Lord Summers | 27 August 2039 | 17 March 2017 |
20 | The Hon. Lord Arthurson | 16 December 2039 | 17 March 2017 |
21 | The Hon. Lord Fairley |
20 February 2043 | 13 January 2020 |
22 | The Hon. Lady Poole | 11 August 2045 | 13 January 2020 |
23 | The Hon. Lord Harrower | 17 February 2020 | |
24 | The Hon. Lord Weir | 21 Feb 2042 | 6 April 2020 |
25 | The Hon. Lord Braid | 6 March 2033 | 22 June 2020 |
26 | The Hon. Lord Sandison | 30 May 2041 | 1 March 2021 |
27 | The Hon. Lady Haldane | 1 March 2021 | |
28 | The Hon. Lord Richardson | 26 August 2049 | 1 March 2021 |
29 | The Hon. Lady Drummond | 19 December 2042 | 16 May 2022 |
30 | The Hon. Lord Young | 16 May 2022 | |
31 | The Hon. Lord Lake | 16 May 2022 | |
32 | The Hon. Lord Scott | 16 May 2022 | |
33 | The Hon. Lord Stuart | 24 April 2041 | 16 May 2022 |
34 | The Hon. Lord Duthie | 27 June 2050 | 9 January 2023 |
35 | The Hon. Lord Colbeck | 19 May 2023 |
Retired judges
There are also some retired judges who still sit occasionally in the
Senator | Becomes ineligible to act as a judge | Appointment | Retirement | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Rt Hon. Lord Clarke | 2022 | 2000 | 2016 |
2 | The Rt Hon. Lord Kingarth | 21 June 2024 | 1997 | 2010 |
3 | The Rt Hon. Lady Clark | 26 February 2024 | 2006 | 2019 |
4 | The Rt Hon. Lord Brodie | 14 July 2025 | 2002 | 2020 |
5 | The Rt Hon. Lord Drummond Young | 2025 | 2001 | 2020 |
6 | The Hon. Lady Rae | 20 June 2025 | 14 January 2014 | 2020 |
7 | The Hon. Lord Uist | 1 February 2026 | April 2006 | 2021 |
See also
- Historic list of senators of the College of Justice
- Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
- List of judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- List of High Court judges of England and Wales
Notes
References
- ^ Dalrymple of Hailes, Bt., Sir David, An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice of Scotland from its Institution, Edinburgh, 1849, p.63.
- ^ Court of Session Act 1988, s. 1.
- ^ The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 1991.
- ^ The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 1993.
- ^ The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 1999.
- ^ The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2004.
- ^ Scottish Parliament. The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2016 as made, from legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2022.
- ^ "Senators of the College of Justice". Judiciary of Scotland. Retrieved 22 November 2022.