Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon
Charles James Dalrymple Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon PC KC (born August 15, 1906 - † September 10, 1989 ) was a British lawyer , who last served as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer also a member of the House of Lords was.
Life
Shaw graduated after attending the elite Charterhouse School to study law at Balliol College of the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh . After completing his studies, he was admitted to the Bar of Scotland in 1932 ( Faculty of Advocates ) and then took up a position as a lawyer . After the Second World War, had his military service, he continued after the war ended his career as a lawyer and was continued for his services as a lawyer in 1949. Attorney ( King's Counsel appointed).
In 1954 Shaw was judge at the Sheriff's Court of Ayr and Bute and then in 1957 at the Sheriff's Court of Perth and Angus and at the same time in 1957 Head of the Scottish Bar ( Dean of the Faculty of Advocates ).
Two years later, Shaw was appointed Lord Kilbrandon Judge at the Highest Civil Court of Scotland, the Court of Session , in 1959 , and was at the same time Senator of the College of Justice , which consists of the three highest courts of Scotland. He also served in 1965 as the first chairman of the Scottish Law Commission , a commission set up by the Law Commissions Act 1965 to advise and reform Scottish law.
Last Shaw was a Letters Patent from October 4, 1971 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Kilbrandon , of Kilbrandon in the County of Argyll member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until his Retired on December 31, 1976 as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary . He was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1971 .
In 1972, he succeeded Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther, as chairman of the Royal Commission on the Constitution , also known as the Kilbrandon Commission after him, and who submitted a report on British constitutional law on October 31, 1973.
Web links
- Charles Shaw at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shaw, Charles, Baron Kilbrandon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shaw, Charles James Dalrymple, Baron Kilbrandon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1906 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1989 |