| Mr Bruce Adamson Legal Officer Scottish Human Rights Commission Bruce is qualified as a solicitor in Scotland, England and Wales, and New Zealand. He worked for the Scottish Parliament and SCCYP before joining the Scottish Human Rights Commission as a founding member of staff in 2008. Bruce is the former coordinator of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions and in 2013 was the UN representative for the International Coordinating Committee of NHRIs. He has extensive experience as an independent human rights expert working throughout Eastern Europe and has been a contributing author to a number of books on human rights. He has been a member of the Children’s Panel since 2004 and is the current chair of the Scottish Child Law Centre having been on its board since 2009. | |
| Sir Sir David Edward Professor Emeritus at the School of Law Edinburgh University Professor Sir David Edward is Professor Emeritus at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh. Awarded KCMG, 2004; CMG, 1981. Admitted Advocate, 1962; QC (Scotland), 1974; Judge of the Court of First Instance, 1989-92; Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, 1992-2004. Please see the Judge David Edward Oral History site at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, for further information about Sir David's life and career, including streaming video of biographical interviews | |
| Christine Grahame MSP Member of the Scottish Parliament Scottish National Party Christine has been a South of Scotland MSP since 1999. Joining the party 35 years ago - Christine has held a number of party posts. She was Shadow Minister for Social Justice in the SNP's Shadow Cabinet and has been spokesperson for older people, for social security, convenor of the Parliament's Health Committee and convener of the Justice 1 Committee. Previously a secondary teacher and solicitor, she has an M.A, LLB, Dip. ED, Dip. LLP, NP. | |
| 0 | Ms Fiona Killen Partner Anderson Strathern Fiona Killen is a partner and is Head of Anderson Strathern Parliamentary and Public Law unit. She specialises in freedom of information and data protection law, governance and regulatory matters, human rights, statutory interpretation and legislative drafting. She has acted for appellants and respondents in respect of statutory appeals in the Inner House of the Court of Session and has also acted for public bodies in judicial review proceedings. Fiona has advised the promoters of four private railway bills on obtaining consent to multi-million pound schemes and has drafted subordinate legislation for a number of bodies. She has experience of working within the Scottish parliament, the UK parliament and the US senate. Fiona recently co-authored the Scotland chapter in the 7th edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Environment Law; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. You can view this publication by clicking here. Fiona is recognised as a 'Leader in their field' by leading legal directory Chambers UK 2015 for Administrative & Public Law (Glasgow, Edinburgh & Surrounds) and Parliamentary & Public Affairs (Glasgow, Edinburgh & Surrounds). Fiona is also recognised as a 'Leading Individual' in Parliamentary and Public Affairs law in Scotland by the Legal Directory the Legal 500. |
| Mr Alan Miller Chair Scottish Human Rights Commission Professor Alan Miller was unanimously elected in 2007 by the Scottish Parliament to become the first Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission. He was unanimously re-nominated to the role in 2013 for a further three year term. Alan has a combination of experience and expertise in the field of human rights grounded in 25 years involvement with the legal, academic and voluntary communities within Scotland. He previously ran a law practice in Castlemilk, Glasgow and is a past President of the Glasgow Bar Association and former Director of the Scottish Human Rights Centre. He also teaches human rights on the LLM programme at the University of Strathclyde where he is a member of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law. Professor Miller also brings an international perspective and insight gained from engagement with the United Nations and other bodies in capacity-building initiatives in around 20 countries around the world. Alan is the full time member of the Commission. | |
| Anthony Speaight QC 4 Pump Court Barrister Bencher of Middle Temple Has practiced at the Bar of England & Wales from chambers in London since 1974 Positions held have included:- National Chairman, Federation of Conservative Students (1972-3) Deputy Chairman, Conservative Group for Europe (1977) Chairman, Editorial Board of Counsel, journal of the Bar of England & Wales (1991-5) Chairman, Bar Council’s Access to the Bar Committee (2004-6) Chairman, Carlton Club Political Committee (2009-13) Member of the Government Commission on a UK Bill of Rights (2011-12) Publications Legal publications include works on defective premises and professional negligence Political publications include:- The next UK Judge at Strasbourg, Policy Exchange (2011) A Call for a Conservative Intellectual Revival in Law and Human Rights, Society of Conservative lawyers (2013) Our Quasi-Federal Kingdom (co-author) Society of Conservative Lawyers (2014) Winner of the Schuman medal awarded by the FVS Foundation of Germany Married to Gabrielle Kooy-Lister, with 3 children | |
