Andrew Fleming Stewart, Lord Ericht (born 12 September 1963) is a
Scottish lawyer who was appointed in 2016 as a
Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the
Court of Session.
Career
Stewart was educated at
Perth High School and the
University of Edinburgh
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and qualified as a
solicitor in 1988.
He practised with
Clifford Chance and Tods Murray,
and served as Legal Assistant to the
Lord President of the Court of Session
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before being
admitted as an advocate in 1996.
From 2000 to 2009 he was standing junior counsel to the
Department of Trade and Industry,
and in 2003 he was elected as Clerk of the
Faculty of Advocates
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.
He was appointed
Queen's Counsel
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in 2009, and then served as an advocate depute until 2013
when he returned to independent practice in
commercial
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and
public law.
He has also held part-time appointments as visiting lecturer at the
Université de Lorraine, France from 1993 to 2016.
Judge
In May 2016, Stewart was appointed as a
Senator of the College of Justice.
He was installed as a judge on 31 May 2016, taking the judicial title Lord Ericht.
See also
*
Scots law
*
Courts of Scotland
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References
1963 births
Living people
Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Scottish King's Counsel
21st-century King's Counsel
Ericht
Scottish legal scholars
Scottish solicitors
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
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