Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood (8 June 1932 – 22 April 2017)[1][2] QC was a Senator of the College of Justice of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Inner House (Scotland's main appellate court) in 1987.[3]
Lord Kirkwood | |
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Senator of the College of Justice | |
In office 1987–2005 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Born | Ian Candlish Kirkwood 28 August 1932 |
Died | 22 April 2017 Edinburgh | (aged 84)
Residence | Edinburgh |
Alma mater | Michigan University |
Profession | Advocate |
Son of solicitor[4][5] John Brown Kirkwood, OBE, and Constance,[6] Lord Kirkwood was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.[7] He went on to study at University of Edinburgh (MA, LLB) and Michigan University (LLM).[3] He became Queen's Counsel in 1970.[7]
He served on the Parole Board for Scotland from 1994 to 1997.[3] Kirkwood was one of five judges selected to hear the appeal of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.[7]
Kirkwood was patron of Edinburgh Chess Club and Chess Scotland.[7]
Lord Kirkwood, a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 79