Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland
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The Honourable Lord Pentland |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
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Assumed office 5 November 2008 |
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| Nominated by |
Alex Salmond As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Lord Macfadyen |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | |
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In office 1995–1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Donald Mackay |
| Succeeded by | Colin Boyd |
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Paul Cullen 11 March 1957 Gosforth, England |
| Spouse(s) | Joyce Nicol |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Advocate |
| Website | Scottish Courts Service |
Paul Benedict Cullen, Lord Pentland (11 March 1957) is a former Solicitor General for Scotland, a Senator of the College of Justice (a judge of the country's Supreme Courts) and Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission.
Born in Gosforth, Northumberland, he was educated at St Augustine's High School, Edinburgh and at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh.
Cullen was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1982, devilling for Alan Rodger QC. He tutored part-time at the Faculty of Law at the University of Edinburgh from 1982 to 1986, when he was elected Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates, serving until 1991. He was Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of the Environment in Scotland from 1988–91 and appointed an Advocate Depute in 1992, becoming a Queen's Counsel in 1995. A member of the Conservative Party, he became Solicitor General for Scotland, the junior Law Officer in Scotland, in 1995, when Donald Mackay succeeded Lord Rodger of Earlsferry as Lord Advocate, the senior Law Officer. He held this post until the Labour election victory in 1997, when he was succeeded by Colin Boyd, who later became Lord Advocate.
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