Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale
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The Right Honourable Lord Bracadale QC |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
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Assumed office 2003 |
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| Nominated by |
Jack McConnell As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
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Alastair Peter Campbell 18 September 1949 Skye, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) | Flora Beaton |
| Children | One son, two daughters |
| Residence | North Berwick |
| Alma mater | Aberdeen, Strathclyde |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Advocate |
| Website | Judiciary of Scotland |
Alastair Peter Campbell, Lord Bracadale, QC is a senior Scottish judge.
Campbell was born on 18 September 1949 in Skye, Scotland, to Rev. Donald Campbell and Margaret Campbell. His family moved to Edinburgh when he was two years old, where he was brought up. He was educated at George Watson's College, and took an MA at the University of Aberdeen. He worked as an English teacher at the Vale of Leven Academy in Dumbartonshire during 1973–75, before returning to university to study law at the University of Strathclyde.
Campbell was admitted as a solicitor in 1979 and entered the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service as a prosecutor. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1985, called to the English Bar at the Inner Temple in 1990, and served as an Advocate Depute from 1990 until 1993. In 1995, he became a Queen's Counsel and Standing Junior Counsel to HM Customs and Excise. He was a member of the Criminal Justice Forum from 1996 to 1997, the Scottish Criminal Rules Council from 1996 to 1998, and of Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in 1997. In 1997 he was appointed Home Advocate Depute (Scotland's senior prosecutor) and remained in this post until 2001.
Campbell was senior counsel for the Crown (prosecutor) in the trial over the Lockerbie bombing at the Scottish Court in the Netherlands, under former Lord Advocate Lord Boyd of Duncansby, and alongside Alan Turnbull, also now a judge. Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was found guilty of the 270 murders, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001. The conviction, though controversial, was upheld on appeal and the successful prosecution brought Campbell international prominence.
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