Colin Campbell, Lord Malcolm

The Honourable Lord Malcolm
Senator of the College of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 2007
Nominated by	Jack McConnell As First Minister
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
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Born	Colin Malcolm Campbell 1 October 1953 (1953-10-01) (age 58)
Residence	Edinburgh
Alma mater	University of Dundee
Profession	Advocate

Colin Malcolm Campbell, Lord Malcolm is a Scottish lawyer, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts.

Early life

Campbell was educated at Grove Academy, a state school in Broughty Ferry, Dundee,^[1] and at the School of Law of the University of Dundee (LL.B. Hons.). He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1977, and was a lecturer in the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh from 1977 to 1979.^[2][3]

Legal career

Campbell was appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Development Department in 1984, serving there until 1990, in which year he was appointed Queen's Counsel. He was elected Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in 1997 and Dean of the Faculty in 2001 until 2004. He was a part-time member of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland from 1997 to 2001, and was one of the first members of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland on its establishment in 2002, serving until 2005.^[2][3]

Campbell was appointed to the Bench of the Supreme Courts of Scotland in 2007, succeeding Lord Wheatley in the Outer House of the Court of Session upon the latter's promotion to the Inner House in succession to Lord Abernethy, who retired. He took the judicial title, Lord Malcolm.

Personal life

In 1977, Campbell married Fiona Anderson. They live in Edinburgh. He is a member of the New Club and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.^[1]

See also

• List of Senators of the College of Justice

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Hutcheon, Paul (12 October 2008). "Male, white, middle-class, privately-educated, Edinburgh resident,". The Sunday Herald. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20081012/ai_n30900318/pg_4/. Retrieved 24 August 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Biographies - The Hon Lord Malcolm". Scottish Court Service. http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/biographies/malcolm.asp?dir=session. Retrieved 20 August 2009. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "New judge appointed". Scottish Executive. 12 February 2007. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2007/02/12091815. Retrieved 24 August 2009. 

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