Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood (8 June 1932 – 22 April 2017)
was a
Senator of the College of Justice of the
Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed 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 ...
(Scotland's main appellate court) in 1987.
Early life
Son of solicitor John Brown Kirkwood,
OBE, and Constance,
Lord Kirkwood was educated at
George Watson's College
George Watson's College is a co-educational independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a hospital school in 1741, became a day school in 1871, and was merg ...
,
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
.
He went on to study at
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...
(MA, LLB) and
Michigan University
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
(LLM).
[ He became ]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 ...
in 1970.[
]
Legal career
He served on the Parole Board for Scotland
The Parole Board for Scotland is a tribunal non-departmental public body in Scotland first established in 1967, with responsibility for parole decisions. Its decision making and operating are independent of the Scottish Government, and many of ...
from 1994 to 1997.[ Kirkwood was one of five judges selected to hear ]the appeal
''The Appeal'' is a 2008 novel by John Grisham, his 21st book and his first fictional legal thriller since '' The Broker'' was published in 2005. It was published by Doubleday and released in hardcover in the United States on January 29, 2008. ...
of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi ( ar, عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Li ...
.[
]
Other
Kirkwood was patron of Edinburgh Chess Club and Chess Scotland.[
]
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
1932 births
2017 deaths
Scottish chess players
Kirkwood
Scottish King's Counsel
People educated at George Watson's College
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Michigan State University alumni
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