Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway

The Right Honourable Lord Carloway
Senator of the College of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 2000
Nominated by	Donald Dewar As First Minister
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
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Born	Colin John MacLean Sutherland 20 May 1954 (1954-05-20) (age 57)
Spouse(s)	Jane Turnbull
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Profession	Advocate

Colin John MacLean Sutherland, Lord Carloway is a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session.

Early life

Sutherland was educated at Hurst Grange Preparatory School, Stirling and the Edinburgh Academy, before studying at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh (LL.B. (Hons.)).^[1][2]

Legal career

He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1977, and appointed Advocate Depute in 1986, serving until 1989. He took silk in 1990 and was Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates from 1994 to 2000.^[1][2]

Sutherland was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, Scotland's Supreme Courts, in February 2000. He took the judicial title, Lord Carloway, and was promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session and appointed to the Privy Council in 2008.^[1][2]

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.^[1]

Lord Carloway presided over the 2004 prosecution of gas transporter Transco under health and safety legislation for an explosion in Larkhall in December 1999 which killed a family of four, fining the company a record £15m. Since 2008 he has been almost exclusively involved in appellate work as a member of the Second Division, one of the two appeal court chambers in Scotland, chaired by the Lord Justice Clerk.

Personal life

Lord Carloway married Jane Turnbull in 1988, with whom he has two sons. He 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.^[1]

See also

• Corroboration in Scots law
• List of Senators of the College of Justice

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Biographies - The Right Hon Lord Carloway". Scottish Court Service. http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/biographies/carloway.asp?dir=session. Retrieved 23 August 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Privy Council appointment of Lord Colin". 10 Downing Street. 10 September 2008. http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16787. Retrieved 23 August 2009. 

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Name	Sutherland, Colin, Lord Carloway
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Date of birth	20 May 1954
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