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The Right Honourable
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova |
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| Assumed office 21st March 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
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| Preceded by | Baroness Clark of Calton |
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| In office 2000 – 2001 |
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| First Minister | Donald Dewar Henry McLeish |
| Preceded by | Colin Boyd |
| Succeeded by | Elish Angiolini |
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| Born | 13 September 1950 |
| Birth name | Neil Forbes Davidson |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Regina Anne Sprissler |
| Alma mater | Stirling, Bradford, Edinburgh |
| Profession | Advocate |
| Website | www.oag.gov.uk |
Neil Forbes Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, QC is a Scottish lawyer and Advocate General for Scotland.
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Early life
Davidson was born on 13th September 1950 to John and Flora Davidson.[1] He was educated at the University of Stirling (BA), the University of Bradford (MSc) and the University of Edinburgh (LLB, LLM), and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1979.[1] His private practice is in commercial and administrative law.[2]
Legal career
He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1979, and appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Registrar General in 1982, and the Department of Health and Social Security in 1988. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Inner Temple in 1990, and appointed Queen's Counsel in Scotland in 1993.[1][2] From 1993 to 2000, he was a Director of City Disputes Panel, a private dispute resolution service, and on 24 February 2000 was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, which office he held until November 2001.[1] He is a member of 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers, founded by former Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine of Lairg.
On 21st March 2006, it was announced that the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, had appointed him to the office of Advocate General for Scotland, which had been vacant since the resignation of Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton on 18th January that year to take up office as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was created a life peer, as Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, of Glen Clova in Angus, on 22nd March, and sits on the Labour benches.
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova is the co-author of Judicial Review in Scotland (1986).[3] He was the International Commission of Jurists' chef de mission to Egypt on sequestration of the Egyptian Bar in 1998. He was the convener of the Human Rights Committee of the Faculty of Advocates.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "DAVIDSON OF GLEN CLOVA". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. December 2008. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U12933. Retrieved 7th July 2009.
- ^ a b "The Advocate General for Scotland - Current Advocate General". Office of the Advocate General for Scotland. http://www.oag.gov.uk/oag/31.22.html. Retrieved 7th July 2009.
- ^ "Judicial review in Scotland [WorldCat.org]". http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20594399. Retrieved 7th July 2009.
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| Preceded by Colin Boyd |
Solicitor General for Scotland 2000-2001 |
Succeeded by Elish Angiolini |
| Preceded by Baroness Clark of Calton |
Advocate General for Scotland 2006–present |
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