Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie

The Honourable
Lord Glennie
Senator of the College of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office
2005
Nominated by Jack McConnell
As First Minister
Monarch Elizabeth II
Personal details
Born Angus James Scott Glennie
3 December 1950
Alma mater Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Profession Advocate

Angus James Scott Glennie, Lord Glennie (born 3 December 1950) is a Senator of the College of Justice, and Principal Commercial Judge in the Court of Session, in Scotland.

Early life

Glennie was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, and at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge (M.A. Hons.). He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1974. He was appointed a Bencher in 2007.

Legal career

Whilst at the English Bar, Glennie worked mainly in commercial and international arbitration before the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal. He took silk there in 1991, and the following year was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. Again, he practised mostly in commercial law, but also worked in other areas, such as judicial review and reparation. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in Scotland in 1998.[1][2]

He was appointed to the Bench of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary in 2005, as a Senator of the College of Justice, with the judicial title, Lord Glennie. He worked originally as an Intellectual Property Judge, but became a Commercial Judge in 2007, and Principal Commercial Judge from January 2008.

Personal life

In 1981, Lord Glennie married Patricia Jean Phelan, daughter of Andrew Phelan, a circuit judge originally from Clonmel in the Republic of Ireland.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Biographies - The Hon Lord Glennie". Scottish Court Service. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Appointment of new judges". Scottish Executive. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2009.