John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield

The Right Honourable
Lord Coulsfield
Senator of the College of Justice
In office
1987–2002
Monarch Elizabeth II
Succeeded by Lord Brodie
Personal details
Born John Taylor Cameron
(1934-04-24)24 April 1934
Died 28 February 2016(2016-02-28) (aged 81)
Alma mater Corpus Christi College;
University of Edinburgh
Profession Advocate

John Taylor Cameron, Lord Coulsfield (24 April 1934 28 February 2016)[1] was a Scottish judge who served as a Senator of the College of Justice from 1987 to 2002

Brief Biography

Cameron was educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh,[2] Corpus Christi College and the University of Edinburgh where he studied for an LLB.

He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1960,[3] and lectured in Public Law at Edinburgh University from 1960 to 1964. He was appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1973,[3] and served as an Advocate Depute from 1977 to 1979. He was Chairman of the Medical Appeals Tribunal for Scotland from 1985 to 1987.

He was appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice in 1987, taking the judicial title Lord Coulsfield.[4] He was the Scottish Judge on the Employment Appeal Tribunal from 1992 to 1996. Before joining the Court of Session he was a judge in the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey. In 2000, he was one of the four judges at the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial.[4]

Lord Coulsfield also served as Editor of the Scottish Law and Practice Quarterly. He died in February 2016 at the age of 81 after a short illness.[3]

References

  1. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2014. Lord Coulsfield, a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 78
  2. "Distinguished Old Fettesians". Archived from the original on 22 November 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lockerbie bombing judge Lord Coulsfield dies". BBC News. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Rt Hon Lord Coulsfield". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.


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