Lord Carloway | |
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| Lord President of the Court of Session Lord Justice General | |
| Assumed office 18 December 2015 | |
| Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | Lady Dorrian |
| Preceded by | Lord Gill |
| Lord Justice Clerk | |
| In office 15 August 2012 – 18 December 2015 | |
| Nominated by | Alex Salmond As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Lord Gill |
| Succeeded by | Lady Dorrian |
| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| Assumed office February 2000 | |
| Nominated by | Donald Dewar As First Minister |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1954 Falkirk, Scotland |
| Spouse | Jane Turnbull |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Advocate |
Colin John MacLean Sutherland, Lord Carloway PC, FRSE (born 20 May 1954), is a Scottish advocate and judge who has served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General since 2015. He was previously Lord Justice Clerk from 2012 to 2015 and has been a Senator of the College of Justice since 2000.
Born in Falkirk, Carloway studied at the University of Edinburgh's Law School, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws. In 1977, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates and served as an Advocate Depute in the late 1980s. Before being nominated as a Judge in 2000, he served as the Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates. As a Senator of the College of Justice he presided over the 2004 prosecution of gas transporter Transco and published the Carloway Review. In 2012, Lord Gill, who had served as the Lord Justice Clerk, was appointed the Lord President and Carloway succeeded him.
Following the retirement of Gill, Carloway was nominated by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to succeed him. He was officially appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 18 December 2015, becoming the most senior judge in Scotland.
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