Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway
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The Right Honourable Lord Carloway |
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| Lord President of the Court of Session Lord Justice General |
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Assumed office 18 December 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | Lady Dorrian |
| Preceded by | Lord Gill |
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In office 15 August 2012 – 18 December 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Lord Gill |
| Succeeded by | Lady Dorrian, Lord Justice Clerk |
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20 May 1954 Falkirk, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Turnbull |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Advocate |
Colin John MacLean Sutherland, Lord Carloway (born 20 May 1954), is a Scottish advocate and judge. He is currently Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General, the most senior judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and head of the Scottish Judiciary.
Sutherland was born in Falkirk in 1954, and was educated at Hurst Grange Preparatory School, Stirling and the Edinburgh Academy, before studying at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh (LL.B. (Hons.)).
He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1977, and appointed Advocate Depute in 1986, serving until 1989. He took silk in 1990 and was Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates from 1994 to 2000.
Sutherland was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, Scotland's Supreme Courts, in February 2000. He took the judicial title, Lord Carloway, and was promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session and appointed to the Privy Council in 2008.
He is an assistant editor of Green’s Litigation Styles and contributed the chapters on "Court of Session Practice" to the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia and "Expenses" in Court of Session Practice.
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