Colin Malcolm Campbell, Lord Malcolm (born 1953) is a
Scottish lawyer, and a
Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's
Supreme Courts.
Early life
Campbell was educated at
Grove Academy
Grove Academy is an 11–18 mixed secondary school in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland.
History
Grove Academy was established in 1889. In 2007, construction began on completely new buildings on the site of the Extension Buildings and huts. T ...
, a
state school in
Broughty Ferry
Broughty Ferry (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Bruach Tatha''; Scots: ''Brochtie'') is a suburb of Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 191 ...
,
Dundee,
and at the
School of Law
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of the
University of Dundee
, mottoeng = "My soul doth magnify the Lord"
, established = 1967 – gained independent university status by Royal Charter1897 – Constituent college of the University of St Andrews1881 – University College
, ...
(
LL.B.
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Hons.). 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 constit ...
in 1977, and was a lecturer in the
School of Law
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of the
University of Edinburgh
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from 1977 to 1979.
Legal career
Campbell was appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the
Scottish Development Department in 1984, serving there until 1990, in which year he was appointed
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 o ...
. He was elected Vice-Dean of 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 constit ...
in 1997 and
Dean of Faculty
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in 2001 until 2004. He was a part-time member of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland from 1997 to 2001, and was one of the first members of the
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
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on its establishment in 2002, serving until 2005.
Campbell was appointed to the Bench of the
Supreme Courts of Scotland in 2007, succeeding
Lord Wheatley in the
Outer House
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of the
Court of Session upon the latter's promotion to the
Inner House
The Inner House is the senior part of the Court of Session, the supreme civil court in Scotland; the Outer House forms the junior part of the Court of Session. It is a court of appeal and a court of first instance. The chief justice is t ...
in succession to
Lord Abernethy
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, who retired. He took the judicial title, Lord Malcolm.
Lord Malcolm has served as a judge of the Commercial Court of the Court of Session. On 1 July 2014, he was appointed to the Second Division of the Inner House. On 20 January 2015, he was appointed a member of the
Privy Council of the United Kingdom,
and was sworn a member of the Council on 19 March 2015.
Personal life
In 1977, Campbell married Fiona Anderson. They live in
Edinburgh
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.
See also
*
List of Senators of the College of Justice
The senators of the College of Justice 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); ...
References
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Living people
1953 births
Alumni of the University of Dundee
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
20th-century King's Counsel
Malcolm
Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to:
People
* Malcolm (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters
* Clan Malcolm
* Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray, 14th-century bishop-elect of Dunkeld
Nobility
* Máe ...
Members of the Faculty of Advocates
People educated at Grove Academy
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Scottish King's Counsel