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Philip Brodie, Lord Brodie

Scottish lawyer (born 1950)

Summary

Scottish lawyer (born 1950)

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Right Honourable
name	Lord Brodie
honorific-suffix
office	Senator of the College of Justice
term_start	2002
term_end	2020
nominator	Jack McConnell
As First Minister
monarch	Elizabeth II
predecessor	Lord Coulsfield
birth_date
birthname	Philip Hope Brodie
spouse	Carol Dora McLeish
residence	Edinburgh
alma_mater	University of Edinburgh
profession	Advocate

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | honorific-suffix = As First Minister Philip Hope Brodie, Lord Brodie, (born 14 July 1950) is a Scottish lawyer and one of the Senators of the College of Justice, a Judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts.

Early life

He was born on 14 July 1950, the son of the late Very Rev Dr Peter Brodie, former minister at St Mungo's Parish Church, Alloa, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1978-79, and his wife, Constance Lindsay Hope.

Brodie grew up in Alloa, Clackmannanshire and was educated at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire, and studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh (LL.B.) and the School of Law of the University of Virginia in the United States (LL.M.). He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1976, taking silk in 1987.

Legal career

Brodie served as Standing Junior Counsel, a legal advisor to a government department, to the Ministry of Defence (Procurement) and to the Health and Safety Executive from 1983 to 1987, and was called to the English Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1991. From 1985 to 1996, he was a part-time member of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. He was part-time Chairman of Industrial Tribunals from 1987 to 1991, and then part-time Chairman of Medical Appeal Tribunals from 1991 to 1996. From 1997 to 1999, he served as an Advocate Depute, representing the Crown in prosecutions in the High Court. In 2002, he was appointed part-time Chairman of Employment Tribunals, and later that year was appointed to the Bench, replacing Lord Coulsfield. In 2013 he was appointed as Convener of the Appeals Committee of the Commission of Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Personal life

In 1983, Lord Brodie married Carol Dora McLeish, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. His recreations include fencing, walking and reading. He was Chairman of the Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's influential conservationist organisation, from 2008 to 2016.

References

"Brodie, Rt Hon. Lord | Who's WHO & WHO WAS WHO".
"Biographies - The Hon Lord Brodie". [[Scottish Court Service]].
(1 November 2002). "Two new judges and a Sheriff Principal". [[Scottish Government.
"Historic Cockburn Association Office-Bearers".

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