Colin Jack Tyre, Lord Tyre, (born 17 April 1956) is a Scottish lawyer, former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.

Early life

Tyre studied at the

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of the

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 ...

and took a postgraduate diploma at the

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before returning to Edinburgh as a lecturer from 1980–1983. He was admitted as an advocate in 1987 and served as Standing Junior Counsel (legal advisor) to the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence from 1991 to 1995 and to the Environment Department of the

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from 1995 to 1998. He was appointed

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in 1998.

Legal career

From 2003 to 2009, Tyre was a part-time member of the

Scottish Law Commission The Scottish Law Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 1965 to keep Scots law under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update the country's legal sy ...

, and in 2007 was elected President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe. In April 2010, he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of Session and

High Court of Justiciary The High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. The High Court is both a trial court and a court of appeal. As a trial court, the High Court sits on circuit at Parliament House or in the adjacent former Sheriff Cour ...

, the Supreme Courts of Scotland, taking the judicial title, Lord Tyre. He was awarded a

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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 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 ...

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

School of Law, died in December 2010. Tyre has three children, Kirsty, Catriona and Euan and lives near

Dunbar Dunbar () is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecc ...

in East Lothian. He enjoys

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and orienteering 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