Colin Jack Tyre, Lord Tyre, (born 17 April 1956) is a

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lawyer, former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, and a

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, a judge of the

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Early life

Tyre studied at the

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of the

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and took a postgraduate diploma at the University of Aix-Marseille before returning to Edinburgh as a lecturer from 1980 to 1983. He was admitted as an

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in 1987 and served as Standing Junior Counsel (legal advisor) to the Procurement Executive of the

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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

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, and in 2007 was elected President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe. In April 2010, he was appointed a

, a judge of the

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and

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, the

, 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

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of the Court of Session with effect from 5 January 2022. On 13 April 2022, 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

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. He enjoys

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and

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and is a member of the Dunbar Golf Club. On Saturday 15 June 2024 he "topped out", climbing his 282nd and final

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, Beinn na Lap.

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