Philip Hope Brodie, Lord Brodie, (born 14 July 1950) is a Scottish lawyer and one of the Senators of the College of Justice, a Judge of Scotland's

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Early life

He was born on 14 July 1950, the son of the late Very Rev Dr Peter Brodie, former minister at St Mungo's Parish Church, Alloa, and

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in 1978-79, and his wife, Constance Lindsay Hope. Brodie grew up in Alloa, Clackmannanshire and was educated at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire, and studied at the School of Law of the

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( LL.B.) and the School of Law of the

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in the

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(

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). He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1976,

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in 1987.

Legal career

Brodie served as Standing Junior Counsel, a legal advisor to a government department, to the

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(Procurement) and to the

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from 1983 to 1987, and was called to the English Bar (

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) in 1991. From 1985 to 1996, he was a part-time member of the

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. He was part-time Chairman of Industrial Tribunals from 1987 to 1991, and then part-time Chairman of Medical Appeal Tribunals from 1991 to 1996. From 1997 to 1999, he served as an

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, representing

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in prosecutions in the High Court. In 2002, he was appointed part-time Chairman of Employment Tribunals, and later that year was appointed to the Bench, replacing Lord Coulsfield. In 2013 he was appointed as Convener of the Appeals Committee of the Commission of Assembly of the

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Personal life

In 1983, Lord Brodie married Carol Dora McLeish, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. His recreations include fencing, walking and reading. He was Chairman of the Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's influential conservationist organisation, from 2008 to 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brodie, Philip Hope 1950 births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Members of the Faculty of Advocates Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Dollar Academy

Brodie Brodie can be a given name or a surname of Scottish origin, and a location in Moray, Scotland, its meaning is uncertain; it is not clear if Brodie, as a word, has its origins in the Gaelic or Pictish languages. In 2012 this name was the 53rd ...

University of Virginia School of Law alumni People from Alloa Scottish King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel

Early life

Legal career

Personal life

See also

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