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Lord Carloway

The Right Honourable
Lord Carloway
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Lord President of the Court of Session
Lord Justice General
Assumed office
18 December 2015
Appointed by Elizabeth II
Deputy Lady Dorrian
Preceded by Lord Gill
Lord Justice Clerk
In office
15 August 2012 – 18 December 2015
Appointed by Elizabeth II
Preceded by Lord Gill
Succeeded by Lady Dorrian, Lord Justice Clerk
Personal details
Born (1954-05-20) 20 May 1954 (age 63)
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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