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

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, a state school in

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, Dundee, and at the

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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 , ...

(

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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

of the

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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

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. He was elected Vice-Dean of the

in 1997 and

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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

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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

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of the Court of Session upon the latter's promotion to the

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in succession to

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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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Colin 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

Early life

Legal career

Personal life

See also

References