Philip Brodie, Lord Brodie

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Philip Hope Brodie QC, also named The Hon. Lord Brodie, is a Scottish lawyer and one of the Senators of the College of Justice (a Judge of Scotland's Supreme Court).

He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh (LL.B) and the University of Virginia (LL.M). He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1976 and was Standing Junior Counsel to the Ministry of Defence (Procurement) and to the Health and Safety Executive from 1983 to 1987. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1987. He was called to the English Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1991. From 1985 to 1996 Lord Brodie served as a part-time member of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. He was part-time Chairman of Industrial Tribunals from 1987 to 1991 and part-time Chairman of Medical Appeal Tribunals from 1991 to 1996. He served as an Advocate Depute from 1997 to 1999. In 2002 he was appointed part-time Chairman of Employment Tribunals, and later that year was appointed to the Court of Session.