Iain Alexander Scott Peebles, Lord Bannatyne (born August 1954) was a

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, a judge of the

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and

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from 2008 until 2020.

Career

After studying at the

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of the

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, Peebles was admitted to the

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in 1979, and appointed

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in 1993. He was appointed as a temporary

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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

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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.Two ringleaders of child abuse network jailed for life , UK news , The Guardian
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peebles, Iain 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

Career

The Bench

Notable cases

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