| Lord Carloway Lord Justice Clerk Lord Carloway was appointed as Lord Justice Clerk in August 2012 having been appointed to the Second Division of the Inner House in August 2008. He has been a Judge since February 2000. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University (LLB Hons) and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1977. He served as an Advocate Depute from 1986 to 1989 and was appointed Queen’s Council in 1990. From 1994 until his appointment as a Judge he was Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates. He is an assistant editor of “Green’s Litigation Styles” and contributed the chapters on “Court of Session Practice” to the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia and “Expenses” in Court of Session Practice. Lord Carloway was the joint editor of “Parliament House Portraits: the Art Collection of the Faculty of Advocates” and is a former president of the Scottish Arts Club. More recently, he led a review of the law and practice in light of the United Kingdom Supreme Court's decision in the case of Cadder v HM Advocate. His report into criminal law and practice was published in November 2011. | |
| James Chalmers Regius Professor of Law University of Glasgow James Chalmers is Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, having previously taught at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He is assistant editor of Renton and Brown's Criminal Procedure, and a member of the Criminal Courts Rules Council and the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society of Scotland. He was a member of the Reference Group for the Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review and convened the Review’s Academic Expert Group. | |
| Ian Cruickshank Senior Partner The Cruickshank Law Practice Ian is a senior partner of The Cruickshank Law Practice, Elgin, which he founded 15 years ago. He qualified as a Solicitor Advocate in 1998 and has wide experience in representing clients in criminal proceedings at both High Court and Sheriff Court level. Ian has always taken a keen interest in developments in practice and procedure in criminal law matters. He has been the author of several articles published in The Journal and elsewhere. Between 2002 and 2012 Ian was Council member for Elgin and Nairn. He has been involved in a number of Law Society Committees and is presently Convener of the Criminal Law Committee. In 2014 he was invited to be a member of the Reference Group appointed to Lord Bonomy's post corroboration Safeguards Review. | |
| Peter Lockhart Lockharts Solicitors Peter Lockhart has practiced as a Criminal Defence Solicitor for over 36 years in the well-known Ayrshire Firm of Lockharts Solicitors, Ayr. He is a previous Council Member of The Law Society of Scotland and Dean of Ayr Faculty of Solicitors. He presently serves on The Law Society of Scotland Criminal Law Committee, as well as The Legal Aid Board Criminal Law Quality Assurance Committee. In addition, Peter has extensive experience of Radio Broadcasting, having been involved in local radio in Ayrshire, for over 25 years. He currently presents a local weekly talk-in, on a Sunday, on an Ayrshire radio station. | |
| Murray Macara QC Beltrami & Co Ltd Murray studied law at the University of Glasgow from 1967 to 1970. He served an apprenticeship with McGrigor Donald from 1970 to 1972 and remained there as an assistant doing conveyancing for a year. Murray joined Beltrami & Co in 1973 as he wanted to do court work in general but quickly realised that he had to make a choice between criminal and civil litigation. He chose the former and became a partner in 1975. Solicitors were granted extended rights of audience in 1993 and Murray became one of the first 20 solicitors with the right to appear in the High Court. He took silk in 2008 and was a member of Lord Maclean's Committee in 2000 which led to the creation of the Risk Management Authority and the disposal known as the Order for Lifelong Restriction. He was also a member of Lord Bonomy's Review.
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| Gillian Mawdsley Solicitor Scottish Legal Aid Board Gillian Mawdsley is a qualified solicitor who has wide and varied experience as a public and private sector lawyer. She is a legal member of the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal. Her work includes tutoring at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde University in a range of legal subjects. She came into contact with Appropriate Adults both in relation to developing training and her work in police station interviews as a duty lawyer. She write contributions for Scolag and various legal journals. | |
| Grazia Robertson Director L & G Robertson & Co Director of L and G Robertson and Co, Glasgow, firm specialising in criminal court work. Been in practice for 30 years, the last 20 of which was solely in the practice of criminal law. Tutor in criminal litigation in Diploma in Legal Practice at Glasgow University. (5 years) Member of the Criminal Law Committee at Law Society. (10 years) Member of the Legal Aid Negociating Team at Law Society. (3 years) Previous posts - Law Society Council member for Glasgow (9 years) | |
| Sheriff Principl Craig Scott Craig Scott was appointed Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin with effect from 1 May 2011. Born in Edinburgh in 1961, he was educated at the Royal High Preparatory School and George Watson’s College. He is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen. In 1986, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates and served as an Advocate Depute from 1994 until 1997. He was a resident Sheriff at Glasgow from 1999 onwards, until taking up office as Sheriff Principal. | |
| Douglas Thomson Solicitor Advocate McArthur Stanton Doulgas has rights of audience in the High Court of Justiciary and in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He is involved in all aspects of civil and criminal court work, both legally aided and private, in all Scottish courts from the District Court to the Appeal Court. He was formerly a Tribunal Chairman for the Parole Board for Scotland, is the author of the legal textbook 'Prisons, Prisoners and Parole', has written numerous articles on crime in the Scots Law Times, and has appeared as Counsel many times in the High Court and in the Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland specialising in criminal defence and appeals, including more recently a high profile fatal accident enquiry. | |
| Ximena Vengoechea Black Chambers Ximena received her first class law
degree from the National University of Colombia in 1994. She holds a
postgraduate degree in Constitutional Law; two Diplomas in Human rights and
Humanitarian Law — one of which she obtained at the Raoul Wallenberg institute
in Sweden; a Master in Peace Studies from Lancaster University and a degree in
Scots Law from the University of Edinburgh. Ximena obtained her initial
professional experience as a legal assistant at the Ministry of Interior
Affairs and at the Ministry of Law and Justice in Colombia prior to becoming a
legal advisor for the Advocate General’s Office providing legal opinions in
constitutional proceedings on human rights, extradition, military justice and
criminal law. She became a prosecutor in cases of alleged violations of human
rights by members of the Colombian armed forces before she moved to the UK. In Scotland she acquired experience at various Edinburgh firms and completed her traineeship with the Judicial Institute, before calling to the Bar in 2013. Her professional interests in the field include crime prevention, prosecution and punishment, prisoner’s rights, child referrals and human rights law.
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| Seaneen Williamson Policy & Development Officer ARC Scotland Seaneen currently is part of the ARC Scotland team where she works to improve the support for offenders with learning disabilities. She graduated from Queens University, Belfast with an Honours degree in Law and Politics in 2003. For over 10 years Seaneen practiced as a solicitor in Northern Ireland specialising in the areas of divorce, children’s law and criminal law. As a specialist children’s solicitor, Seaneen was on the Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency Children’s Order Panel. Seaneen is also a collaborative divorce solicitor, allowing her to work closely with separating couples to achieve best results without going to court. She also joined the Public Prosecution Service as a court prosecutor before moving to Scotland. In addition Seaneen successfully completed the Law Society of Scotland’s intra UK transfer exams, to allow her to be admitted to the roll as a solicitor in Scotland. | |
