| The Honourable Sheriff Taylor |
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| Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Edward F Bowen |
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| Born | James Alastair Taylor 21 February 1951 |
| Spouse(s) | Lesley Macleod |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Profession | Advocate |
James Alastair Taylor (born 21 February 1951) is Sheriff Principal of the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.
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Taylor was born in Inverness and educated at Nairn Academy and the University of Aberdeen (B.Sc., LL.B.). He was apprenticed to Brander & Cruickshank, Advocates in Aberdeen, in 1975, and admitted as a solicitor in 1977.[1][2]
Taylor worked as an Assistant Solicitor at Lefevre & Co., Advocates in Aberdeen, from 1977 to 1978. He then moved to be an Assistant at A. C. Morrison & Richards, Aberdeen, being promoted to Partner in 1980. In 1988, he moved again, to be a Partner at McGrigor Donald in Glasgow, being promoted to Head of Litigation in 1992. He qualified as a solicitor-advocate in 1993.[1]
In 1998, he was appointed a Sheriff of Lothian and Borders, at Edinburgh, moving in 1999 to be Commercial Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. He was promoted to Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin in 2005.[2][3]
Sheriff Taylor married Lesley Macleod in 1980, with whom he has two sons. He is a keen golfer, and a member of Nairn, the Royal Aberdeen and Glasgow Golf Clubs.