Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth

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Derek Robert Alexander Emslie is a Senator of the College of Justice. He was appointed in 1997. He graduated from Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge with a BA. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an LLB. He became an advocate in 1974 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1987.

From 1979 to 1987 he was Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Health and Social Security, and he was an Advocate Depute from 1985 to 1988. He has served as a part-time Chairman of the Pension Appeal Tribunal (1988-95) and the Medical Appeal Tribunal (1990-95). He was Vice Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1995 to 1997.

He is a judge in the Inner House.