Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova

The Right Honourable The Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC
Advocate General for Scotland
In office 21 March 2006 – 14 May 2010
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Baroness Clark of Calton
Succeeded by	The Lord Wallace
Solicitor General for Scotland
In office 2000–2001
First Minister	Donald Dewar Henry McLeish
Preceded by	Colin Boyd
Succeeded by	Elish Angiolini
Personal details
Born	Neil Forbes Davidson 13 September 1950 (1950-09-13) (age 61)
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Regina Anne Sprissler
Alma mater	Stirling, Bradford, Edinburgh
Profession	Advocate
Website	www.oag.gov.uk

Neil Forbes Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, QC (born 13 September 1950) is a Scottish lawyer and former Advocate General for Scotland.

Background

Davidson was born to John and Flora Davidson,^[1] and was educated at the University of Stirling (BA), the University of Bradford (MSc) and the University of Edinburgh (LLB, LLM), and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1979.^[1] His private practice is in commercial and administrative law.^[2]

Career

Davidson was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1979, and appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Registrar General in 1982, and the Department of Health and Social Security in 1988. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Inner Temple in 1990, and appointed Queen's Counsel in Scotland in 1993.^[1][2] From 1993 to 2000, he was a Director of City Disputes Panel, a private dispute resolution service, and on 24 February 2000 was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, which office he held until November 2001.^[1] He is a member of 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers, founded by former Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine of Lairg.

On 21 March 2006, it was announced that the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, had appointed him to the office of Advocate General for Scotland, which had been vacant since the resignation of Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton on 18 January that year to take up office as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was created a life peer, as Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, of Glen Clova in Angus, on 22 March, and sits on the Labour benches. Following Labour's defeat in the 2010 general election, Davidson was succeeded in the post by Liberal Democrat Jim Wallace, former Deputy First Minister of Scotland.

Davidson is the co-author of Judicial Review in Scotland (1986).^[3] He was the International Commission of Jurists' chef de mission to Egypt on sequestration of the Egyptian Bar in 1998. He was the convener of the Human Rights Committee of the Faculty of Advocates.

See also

• List of Scottish Executive Ministerial Teams

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "DAVIDSON OF GLEN CLOVA". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. December 2008. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U12933. Retrieved 7 July 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Advocate General for Scotland - Current Advocate General". Office of the Advocate General for Scotland. http://www.oag.gov.uk/oag/31.22.html. Retrieved 7 July 2009. 
3. ^ "Judicial review in Scotland [WorldCat.org"]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20594399. Retrieved 7 July 2009. 

Legal offices
Preceded by Colin Boyd	Solicitor General for Scotland 2000-2001	Succeeded by Elish Angiolini
Preceded by Baroness Clark of Calton	Advocate General for Scotland 2006-2010	Succeeded by Lord Wallace

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Name	Davidson,Neil
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Date of birth	13 September 1950
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