Iain Gillies Armstrong, Lord Armstrong (born 26 May 1956) is a

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, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.

Legal career

Iain Armstrong is a graduate of the

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. He was called to the Scottish Bar in 1986. He served as standing junior counsel to the Department of Social Security from 1998 to 2000, when he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. Thereafter, he served as a full-time

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in the Crown Office until 2003, when he returned to private practice. He was a member of Scotland's Standing Committee on Legal Education from 1995 until 1999. He was a governor of

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from 2001 until 2011. He served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 2008 until 2013. From 2009 until 2015 he was a member of the Advisory Panel to the School of Law of the

. On 15 February 2013, he was appointed a

. He was elevated to the Inner House in June 2023. He was sworn into

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on 10 April 2024 as part of the 2024 Special Honours.

References

Living people Scottish King's Counsel Senators of the College of Justice Alumni of the University of Glasgow Members of the Faculty of Advocates 21st-century King's Counsel 1956 births Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{Scotland-law-bio-stub