John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey
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The Right Honourable The Lord McCluskey |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
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In office 1984–2004 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | |
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In office 1974–1979 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth |
| Preceded by | William Stewart (later Lord Allanbridge) |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Fairbairn |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Herbert McCluskey 12 June 1929 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Lawyer |
John Herbert McCluskey, Baron McCluskey (born 12 June 1929) is a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician, who served as Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from 1974 to 1979, and as a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts, from 1984 to 2004.
He now sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords and was recently appointed Chair of the Scottish Government's panel reviewing the UK Supreme Court's jurisdiction over Scottish human rights matters.
McCluskey was born in 1929, one of four sons of solicitor Francis McCluskey and his wife, Margaret. He was educated at St. Bede's Grammar School in Manchester and at Holy Cross Academy, Edinburgh, and studied at the University of Edinburgh (MA 1950, LLB 1952). He served briefly in the Royal Air Force at RAF Spitalgate and was awarded the station's Sword of Honour in 1953. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1955.
McCluskey was briefly Standing Junior Counsel, a legal advisor to a government department, to the Ministry of Power in Scotland in 1963, and served as an Advocate Depute, a Crown prosecutor, from 1964 to 1971, being appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1967. He became a Chairman on the Medical Appeal Tribunals for Scotland in 1972 and additionally Sheriff Principal of Dumfries and Galloway in 1973.
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