Senator of the College of Justice

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Ullapool, grave of John Cameron, Lord Cameron, appointed Senator of the College of Justice in 1955

The Senators of the College of Justice are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of Senator: Lords of Session (judges of the Court of Session); Lords Commissioner of Justiciary (judges of the High Court of Justiciary); and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court. Whilst the High Court and Court of Session historically maintained separate judiciary, these are now one and the same, and the term, Senator, is almost exclusively used in referring to the judges of these courts.

Senators of the College use the title Lord or Lady along with a surname or a territorial name. Note, however, that some Senators have a peerage title, which would be used instead of the senatorial title. All Senators of the College have the honorific, The Honourable, before their titles, while those who are also Privy Counsellors or peers have the honorific, The Right Honourable. Senators are made Privy Counsellors upon promotion to the Inner House.

Under section 11 of the Treason Act 1708, it is treason to kill a Senator of the College of Justice "sitting in Judgment in the Exercise of their Office within Scotland".

History

In the past other officers of state were included as Senators, including the Lord Advocate, Lord Clerk Register, Master of Requests and the Secretary of State.

List of Senators

The Court of Session Act 1988 limits the number of Senators of the College of Justice (aside from the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court, who ranks as a Senator) to 34.^[1]

Inner House

The Lord President is the president of the First Division, and the Lord Justice Clerk is the president of the Second Division. The puisne judges are limited to five assigned to each of those two divisions.^[2]

	Senator	Mandatory retirement	Inner House appointment	Outer House appointment	Division
1	Carloway, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Carloway (Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General)	000000002024-05-20-000020 May 2024	000000002008-08-01-0000August 2008	000000002000-02-01-0000February 2000	10 !First
2	(Lord Justice Clerk)				20 !Second
3	Eassie, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Eassie	000000002015-01-01-00002015	000000002006-10-01-0000October 2006	000000001997-01-01-00001997	11 !First
4	Paton, The Rt Hon. LadyThe Rt Hon. Lady Paton	000000002022-01-01-00002022	000000002007-04-01-0000April 2007	000000002000-01-01-0000January 2000	21 !Second
5	Menzies, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Menzies	000000002023-08-28-000028 August 2023	000000002012-02-01-0000February 2012	000000002001-01-01-00002001	12 !First
6	Smith, The Rt Hon. LadyThe Rt Hon. Lady Smith	000000002025-03-16-000016 March 2025	000000002012-11-01-0000November 2012	000000002001-01-01-00002001	13 !First
7	Brodie, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Brodie	000000002020-07-14-000014 July 2020	000000002012-11-01-0000November 2012	000000002002-01-01-00002002	14 !First
8	Dorrian, The Rt Hon. LadyThe Rt Hon. Lady Dorrian	000000002017-06-16-000016 June 2017	000000002012-11-01-0000November 2012	000000002005-01-01-00002005	22 !Second
9	Bracadale, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Bracadale	000000002019-09-18-000018 September 2019	000000002013-03-01-00001 March 2013	000000002003-01-01-00002003	23 !Second
10	Drummond Young, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Drummond Young	000000002020-02-17-000017 February 2020	000000002013-06-01-0000June 2013	000000002001-01-01-00002001	24 !Second
11	Clark of Calton, The Rt Hon. The LadyThe Rt Hon. The Lady Clark of Calton PC	000000002019-02-26-000026 February 2019	000000002013-10-01-00001 October 2013	000000002006-01-01-00002006	15 !First
12	Malcolm, The Rt. Hon. LordThe Rt. Hon. Lord Malcolm	000000002023-10-01-00001 October 2023	000000002014-07-01-00001 July 2014	000000002007-01-01-00002007	25 !Second

Outer House

	Senator	Mandatory retirement	Appointment
13	Glennie, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Glennie	000000002020-12-03-00003 December 2020	000000002005-01-01-00002005
14	Kinclaven, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Kinclaven	000000002021-06-02-00002 June 2021	000000002005-01-01-00002005
15	Turnbull, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Turnbull		000000002006-01-01-00002006
16	Brailsford, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Brailsford	000000002024-08-16-000016 August 2024	000000002006-01-01-00002006
17	Uist, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Uist	000000002021-02-01-00001 February 2021	000000002006-04-01-0000April 2006
18	Matthews, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Matthews	000000002028-12-04-00004 December 2028	000000002007-01-01-00002007
19	Woolman, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Woolman	000000002023-05-16-000016 May 2023	000000002008-03-01-0000March 2008
20	Pentland, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Pentland (Chair of the Scottish Law Commission)	000000002027-03-11-000011 March 2027	000000002008-11-01-0000November 2008
21	Bannatyne, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Bannatyne		000000002008-11-01-0000November 2008
22	Stacey, The Hon. LadyThe Hon. Lady Stacey	000000002024-05-25-000025 May 2024	000000002009-01-01-0000January 2009
23	Tyre, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Tyre	000000002026-04-17-000017 April 2026	000000002010-05-01-0000May 2010
24	Doherty, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Doherty	000000002028-01-30-000030 January 2028	000000002010-05-01-0000May 2010
25	Stewart, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Stewart	000000002016-12-14-000014 December 2016	000000002010-11-01-0000November 2010
26	Boyd of Duncansby, The Rt Hon. The LordThe Rt Hon. The Lord Boyd of Duncansby PC	000000002023-06-07-00007 June 2023	000000002012-06-26-000026 June 2012
27	Jones, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Jones		000000002012-07-11-000011 July 2012
29	Burns, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Burns		000000002012-07-12-000012 July 2012
30	Scott, The Hon. LadyThe Hon. Lady Scott	000000002030-01-01-00002030	000000002012-11-02-00002 November 2012
31	Wise, The Hon. LadyThe Hon. Lady Wise		000000002013-02-06-00006 February 2013
32	Armstrong, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord Armstrong		000000002013-02-15-000015 February 2013
33	Rae, The Hon. LadyThe Hon. Lady Rae	000000002020-06-20-000020 June 2020	000000002014-01-14-000014 January 2014
34	Wolffe, The Hon. LadyThe Hon. Lady Wolffe		000000002014-03-11-000011 March 2014

Retired judges

There are also some retired judges who still sit occasionally in the Court of Session or the Court of Criminal Appeal to hear cases if needed when there is a shortage of available judges. They are also called Senators of the College of Justice. There are (as of February 2016) 12 retired judges available to sit as judges:

	Senator	Becomes ineligible to act as a judge	Appointment	Retirement
1	Wheatley, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Wheatley	000000002016-05-09-00009 May 2016	000000002000-01-01-00002000	000000002001-01-01-00002001
2	Gill, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Gill	000000002017-02-25-000025 February 2017	000000001994-01-01-00001994	000000002015-01-01-00002015
3	Hamilton, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Hamilton	000000002017-06-10-000010 June 2017	000000001995-01-01-00001995	000000002012-01-01-00002012
4	Philip, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Philip	000000002017-08-03-00003 August 2017	000000001996-01-01-00001996	000000002007-01-01-00002007
5	Nimmo Smith, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Nimmo Smith	000000002017-11-06-00006 November 2017	000000001996-01-01-00001996	000000002009-01-01-00002009
6	McEwan, The Hon. LordThe Hon. Lord McEwan	000000002018-12-12-000012 December 2018	000000002000-01-01-00002000	000000002008-01-01-00002008
7	Hardie, The Rt Hon. The LordThe Rt Hon. The Lord Hardie	000000002021-01-08-00008 January 2021	000000002000-01-01-00002000	000000002012-01-01-00002012
8	Cosgrove, The Rt Hon. LadyThe Rt Hon. Lady Cosgrove	000000002021-01-12-000012 January 2021	000000001996-01-01-00001996	000000002006-01-01-00002006
9	Bonomy, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Bonomy	000000002021-01-15-000015 January 2021	000000001997-01-01-00001997	000000002012-01-01-00002012
10	Mackay of Drumadoon, The Rt Hon. The LordThe Rt Hon. The Lord Mackay of Drumadoon	000000002021-01-30-000030 January 2021	000000002000-01-01-00002000	000000002013-01-01-00002013
11	Emslie, The Rt Hon. LordThe Rt Hon. Lord Emslie	000000002022-04-17-000017 April 2022	000000002001-01-01-00002001	000000002012-01-01-00002012
12	Kingarth, The Rt. Hon. LordThe Rt. Hon. Lord Kingarth	000000002024-06-21-000021 June 2024	000000001997-01-01-00001997	000000002010-01-01-00002010

References

↑ Court of Session Act 1988, s. 1.
↑ Court of Session Act 1988, s. 2.

External links

Biographies of Senators

Scottish Court of Session

Chief justice	Lord President of the Court of Session

Other judges	Lord Justice Clerk Senators of the College of Justice Lord Ordinary

Divisions	Inner House Outer House

Administration	Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Office of the Accountant of Court Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary

Other Officers	Advocates Solicitor-advocates Writers to the Signet Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland Messengers-at-Arms

Buildings	Parliament House, Edinburgh

Senators of the College of Justice

Senior Judiciary	Lord President: Lord Carloway Lord Justice Clerk: Vacant Chairman of the Scottish Land Court: Lord Minginish

Inner House	1st division: Lord Eassie Lord Menzies Lady Smith Lord Brodie The Lady Clark of Calton 2nd division: Lady Paton Lady Dorrian Lord Bracadale Lord Drummond Young Lord Malcolm

Outer House	Lord Glennie Lord Kinclaven Lord Turnbull Lord Brailsford Lord Uist Lord Matthews Lord Woolman Lord Pentland Lord Bannatyne Lady Stacey Lord Tyre Lord Doherty Lord Stewart The Lord Boyd of Duncansby Lord Jones Lord Burns Lady Scott Lady Wise Lord Armstrong Lady Rae Lady Wolffe

High Court of Justiciary

Chief justice	Lord Justice General

Other judges	Lord Justice Clerk Lords Commissioner of Justiciary

Administration	Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary

Other Officers	Advocates Solicitor-advocates Writers to the Signet Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland

Buildings	Parliament House, Edinburgh

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