Alexander Philip, Lord Philip
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The Right Honourable Lord Philip |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
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In office 1993–2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Lord Woolman |
| Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland | |
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In office 1993–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Elliott |
| Succeeded by | Lord McGhie |
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Alexander Morrison Philip 3 August 1942 |
| Alma mater | St Andrews and Glasgow |
| Profession | Advocate |
The Rt. Hon. Alexander Morrison Philip, Lord Philip (born 3 August 1942) is a Scottish lawyer and former Senator of the College of Justice.
The son of Alexander Philip, OBE and Isobel Thomson Morrison, Philip was educated at the High School of Glasgow, where he was a contemporary of Arthur Hamilton, current Lord President of the Court of Session. He studied at the University of St Andrews, graduating MA in 1963, and at the School of Law at Glasgow, taking an LLB in 1965. He subsequently practised as a solicitor between 1967 and 1972, before being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1973. In 1982, he became Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Education Department, and between then and 1985 he served as an Advocate-Depute, taking silk in 1984.
Between 1988 and 1992, Philip was Chairman of the Medical Appeal Tribunals, and in 1993 became Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland.
In 1996, Philip was appointed a Lord of Session and Lord Commissioner of Justiciary, a judge of the Court of Session and High Court, taking the judicial title, Lord Philip. He served for a time on the Judicial Studies Committee for Scotland, and was elevated to the Inner House in 2005. As is customary with such appointments, he was appointed to the Privy Council, affording him the style, The Right Honourable.
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