Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton
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The Right Honourable Lord Hamilton |
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| Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General | |
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In office 2 December 2005 – 8 June 2012 |
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| Nominated by |
Jack McConnell As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom |
| Preceded by | The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk |
| Succeeded by | Lord Gill |
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| Born |
10 June 1942 Glasgow |
| Spouse(s) | Christine |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh |
Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton (born Glasgow, 10 June 1942), is a Scottish judge and served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from November 2005 until 8 June 2012, succeeding Lord Cullen.
Arthur Campbell Hamilton was born in Glasgow and attended Glasgow High School, which was then a state grammar school. He studied at the University of Glasgow, Worcester College, Oxford and Edinburgh University, where he gained an LLB in 1967. In June 2003, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
Hamilton was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1968 and appointed Queens Counsel (QC) in 1982. He was an Advocate Depute, a Scottish prosecutor, from 1982 until 1985, Chairman of the Medical Appeals Tribunals from 1988 to 1992 and President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal in Scotland from 1992 to 1995. Over several months in 1992 to 1993, he acted as a temporary Sheriff Principal in the sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife, due to the indisposition of the incumbent Sheriff Principal. From 1988 to 1995, he was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey; as these are part of the Channel Islands with small populations, it is common for English and Scottish judges to sit on the Bench here, as many notable judges have done.
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