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Andrew Rutherford Hardie, Baron Hardie, PC, QC (b. 8 January 1946) is a former Scottish Labour Party politician, Government minister and judge. This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ...
Queens Counsel ( postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ...
Born in Alloa, Lord Hardie was educated at St. Modan's High School, Stirling and at the University of Edinburgh. Lord Hardie was admitted as a solicitor in 1971 and to the Faculty of Advocates in 1973. He served as an Advocate Depute from 1979 to 1983, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1985. He was Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates from 1989 until he was elected Dean of the Faculty from 1994 to 1997. From 1991 to 1994 he sat as a part-time Chairman of the Medical Appeals Tribunal. Alloa is a small burgh in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ...
Broad St at the heart of Stirlings Old Town on a rare snowy day This article is about the Scottish city. ...
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
Queens Counsel ( postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ...
He was appointed Lord Advocate, appointed to the Privy Council and was created a life peer in 1997 as Baron Hardie, of Blackford in the City of Edinburgh. Between May 1997 and March 2000 he played an active role in the House of Lords including acting as a Government spokesman during the passage of the Scotland Act 1998. He was was appointed a Judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary in March 2000. Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ...
This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ...
In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...
This article is about the British House of Lords. ...
The Scotland Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster. ...
The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ...
The High Court of Justiciary is Scotlands supreme criminal court. ...
Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ...
The Rt Hon Colin Boyd QC (b. ...
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