Colin Jack Tyre, Lord Tyre, (born 17 April 1956) is a

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lawyer, former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, and a

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, a judge of the

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Early life

Tyre studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh and took a postgraduate diploma at the University of Aix-Marseille before returning to Edinburgh as a lecturer from 1980–1983. He was admitted as an

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in 1987 and served as Standing Junior Counsel (legal advisor) to the Procurement Executive of the

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from 1991 to 1995 and to the Environment Department of the Scottish Office from 1995 to 1998. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1998.

Legal career

From 2003 to 2009, Tyre was a part-time member of the Scottish Law Commission, and in 2007 was elected President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe. In April 2010, he was appointed a

, a judge of the

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and High Court of Justiciary, the

, taking the judicial title, Lord Tyre. He was awarded a CBE in the

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for services to the administration of justice. On 7 December 2021, it was announced that Tyre would be appointed to the Inner House of the Court of Session with effect from 5 January 2022. On 13 April 2021, he was appointed to Her Majesty's Privy Council.

Personal life

Tyre is a widower; his wife Elaine, who was Director of Professional Legal Studies at the University of Edinburgh School of Law, died in December 2010. Tyre has three children, Kirsty, Catriona and Euan and lives near Dunbar in

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. He enjoys hillwalking and

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and is a member of the Dunbar Golf Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyre, Colin 1956 births Living people Members of the Faculty of Advocates Tyre Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Paul Cézanne University alumni Scottish King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Academics of the University of Edinburgh