John Taylor Cameron, Lord Coulsfield, 65, has been a Senator of the College of Justice

Senator of the College of Justice

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 ; Lords Commissioner of Justiciary ; and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court...

 since 1987 and now sits in the Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session

Court of Session

The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland, and constitutes part of the College of Justice. It sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a court of first instance and a court of appeal....

 and in the Lands Valuation Appeal Court

Lands Valuation Appeal Court

The Lands Valuation Appeal Court is a civil court in Scotland, composed of 3 Court of Session judges. It hears cases where the decision of a local Valuation Appeal Committee is disputed....

. He is one of Scotland

Scotland

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's most senior judges.

Brief Biography

Cameron was educated at Fettes College

Fettes College

Fettes College is an independent school for boarding and day pupils in Edinburgh, Scotland with over two thirds of its pupils in residence on campus...

 in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Corpus Christi College

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

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 and the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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 where he studied for an LLB.

He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates

Faculty of Advocates

The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary...

 in 1960 and lectured in Public Law at Edinburgh University from 1960 to 1964. He was appointed Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...

 (QC) in 1973 and served as an Advocate Depute from 1977 to 1979. He was Chairman of the Medical Appeals Tribunal for Scotland from 1985 to 1987 and Scottish Judge on the Employment Appeal Tribunal

Employment Appeal Tribunal

The Employment Appeal Tribunal is a tribunal non-departmental public body in England and Wales and Scotland, and is a superior court of record. Its primary role is to hear appeals from Employment Tribunals in England, Scotland and Wales...

 from 1992 to 1996. Before joining the Court of Session he was a judge in the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey.

He is an Editor

Editing

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 of Scottish Law and Practice Quarterly.