Charles Euan Duthie, Lord Duthie (born 1975), is a Scottish judge who has served as a

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since 9 January 2023. Lord Duthie is also the Chair of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland.

Background

Duthie is the son of Charles Whytock Duthie, a company director, and Catherine

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MacPherson. He was educated at George Heriot's School, and he studied at the

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and the

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Career

Between 2001 and 2003 Duthie trained as a

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, then was employed until 2005 at Burness Solicitors, Edinburgh. In 2006 he was admitted to the

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, or

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. He held the position of Standing

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to the Advocate General from 2012 to 2021. He was also a fee-paid judge of the

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from 2014 to 2022. He held the position of ad hoc

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in 2015. Between 2021 and 2023, before being appointed to the Land Court, Duthie was a sheriff at

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. As sheriff, Duthie's cases included various issues of dangerous driving, drugs, car chases, stalking, sexting, domestic abuse, drug smuggling, drug dealing, theft, suicide attempts and various issues of violence. From September 2019, he was a

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, and from 2023 he was Chair of the Scottish Land Court, and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland. Duthie was a Lieutenant of the

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, and is now on the Retired List. He was appointed legal adviser to the European Union Naval Force in 2010, and served in the Volunteer Reserves in 2015. He was Chairman of Maltings (Berwick) Trust between 2018 and 2021.

References

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