Brian Gill, Lord Gill, is Scotland's second most senior judge.

He graduated from the Universities of Glasgow (MA, LLB) and Edinburgh (PhD) and lectured in the Faculty of Law, Edinburgh University, from 1964 until 1977. He was awarded an Honorary Degree (LLD) by Glasgow University in 1998. The University of Glasgow is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1967 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1981. He was called to the English Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1991. Lord Gill was an Advocate Depute from 1977 to 1979. He was standing Junior Counsel to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1974-77), the Home Office (1979-81) and the Scottish Education Department (1979-81). He has been a member of the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Scottish Valuation Advisory Council and Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal. Lord Gill was appointed a Judge in 1994, and was Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission from 1996 until 2001. Lord Gill was appointed Lord Justice Clerk and President of the Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session in November 2001. 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. ... Lincolns Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom abroad. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... Categories: Stub | Scotland | Departments of the United Kingdom Government ... The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior Judge in Scotland. ... The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ...

From 1987 to 1994 he was Keeper of the Advocates' Library and a Trustee of the National Library of Scotland. He is the author of "The Law of Agricultural Holdings in Scotland" . The National Library of Scotland is a legal deposit library in Scotland. ...

Lord Gill is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama or RSAMD is a music and drama school in Glasgow, Scotland. ...