Iain Alexander Scott Peebles, Lord Bannatyne (born August 1954) was a
Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the
High Court of Justiciary
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and
Court of Session in
Scotland
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from 2008 until 2020.
Career
After studying at the
School of Law
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of the
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...
, Peebles 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 1979, and appointed
Queen's Counsel
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in 1993. He was appointed as a temporary
Sheriff in 1991, a full-time Sheriff in 1995, and began sitting as a commercial sheriff in 1999. He was appointed a temporary High Court judge in 2003, serving until his elevation to the Bench in 2008. He was a member of the Sheriff Courts Rules Council from 2001 to 2007, and joint-chairman of the IT Committee of the Sheriff and Court of Session Rules Council.
The Bench
On 5 November 2008, the Scottish Executive announced he had been appointed to the Outer House of the Court of Session as Lord Bannatyne, filling the vacancy which had arisen from the death of
Lord Johnston in June that year. His appointment came at the same time as those of
Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland and
Valerie Stacey, Lady Stacey.
The men's decisions to adopt titles other than their own surnames drew comment in the press as straying from tradition.
Notable cases
Notable cases overseen by Lord Bannatyne include the trial of Scotland's largest paedophile ring, in which eight men were found guilty of more than 50 charges, including the abuse of infants. The ring held more than 125,000 images, ringleaders included James Rennie, the chief executive of
LGBT Youth Scotland.
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See also
*List of Senators of the College of Justice
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References
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Living people
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Bannatyne, Peebles, Iain, Lord
Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Scottish King's Counsel
20th-century King's Counsel
1954 births