Preceded by Edward F Bowen Name James Taylor Profession Advocate | Spouse(s) Lesley Macleod Education University of Aberdeen | |
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Full Name James Alastair Taylor Born 21 February 1951 (age 73) ( 1951-02-21 ) | ||
Alma mater University of Aberdeen | ||
James Alastair Taylor (born 21 February 1951) is Sheriff Principal of the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.
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Early life
Taylor was born in Inverness and educated at Nairn Academy and the University of Aberdeen (B.Sc., LL.B.). He was apprenticed to Brander & Cruickshank, Advocates in Aberdeen, in 1975, and admitted as a solicitor in 1977.
Legal career
Taylor worked as an Assistant Solicitor at Lefevre & Co., Advocates in Aberdeen, from 1977 to 1978. He then moved to be an Assistant at A. C. Morrison & Richards, Aberdeen, being promoted to Partner in 1980. In 1988, he moved again, to be a Partner at McGrigor Donald in Glasgow, being promoted to Head of Litigation in 1992. He qualified as a solicitor-advocate in 1993.
In 1998, he was appointed a Sheriff of Lothian and Borders, at Edinburgh, moving in 1999 to be Commercial Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. He was promoted to Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin in 2005.
Personal life
Sheriff Taylor married Lesley Macleod in 1980, with whom he has two sons. He is a keen golfer, and a member of Nairn, the Royal Aberdeen and Glasgow Golf Clubs.