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Monarch
  
Profession
  
Spouse(s)
  
Ann Manuel Cockburn

Succeeded by
  
Role
  
Justice

Preceded by
  
Name
  
James Lord


James McGhie, Lord McGhie

Full Name
  
James Marshall McGhie

Born
  
15 October 1944 (age 80) (
1944-10-15
)


Residence
  
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

James Marshall McGhie, Lord McGhie is a Scottish lawyer who until 2014 was the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland, and a Senator of the College of Justice.

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Personal life

McGhie was educated at Perth Academy, and studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1969. He married Anne Cockburn in 1968, with whom he has a son and a daughter.

McGhie was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983, and served as an Advocate Depute from 1983 to 1986. From 1987 to 1992, he was part-time Chairman of the Medical Appeal Tribunal, and from 1992 to 1996 was a Member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. In 1996, he was appointed Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland, with the judicial title, Lord McGhie.

References

James McGhie, Lord McGhie Wikipedia


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