The Right Honourable Lord Brian Gill

Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Rt. Hon. Lord Brian Gill was appointed Lord Justice Clerk and President of the Second Division of the Inner House in November 2001. He is Chairman of the Lands Valuation Appeal Court. He was appointed a Judge in 1994, and served as Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission from 1994 to 2001. Lord Gill is a graduate of the Universities of Glasgow (MA, LLB) and Edinburgh (PhD). He is a graduate of the Universities of Glasgow (MA, LLB) and Edinburgh (PhD). He has been awarded the honourary degree of LLD by the Universities of Glasgow (1998), Strathclyde (2003), St Andrews (2006), Edinburgh (2007) and Abertay (2008). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Lord Gill lectured in the Faculty of Law of Edinburgh University before being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1967. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1981. He is a member of the English Bar (Lincoln’s Inn, 1991, Bencher 2002). He was an advocate depute 1977-1979; Standing Junior Counsel to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1974-1977), the Home Office (1979-1981) and the Scottish Education Department (1979-1981);\ and Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal (1989-1994). He was Keeper of the Advocates Library 1987-1994. He is the author of The Law of Agricultural Holdings in Scotland (3rd ed, 1997) and founder and General Editor of the Scottish Planning Encyclopaedia. Lord Gill was Chairman of the Scottish Civil Courts Review (2007-2009).