Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg

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Alexander "Derry" Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg PC QC (born June 23, 1940 in Inverness , Scotland ) is a British lawyer and Labor Party politician who was Lord Chancellor from 1997 to 2003, among other things .

Life

After attending school, Irvine studied Scottish law at the University of Glasgow and then law at Christ's College at the University of Cambridge and, after being admitted to the bar in 1967, worked as a lawyer in the law firm of Morris Finer . In the 1970 general election, he ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Labor Party in the constituency of Hendon North for a seat in the House of Commons . In 1978 he was appointed Crown Attorney and in 1981 elected President of the 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers , an association of well-known barristers .

In 1987 Derry Irvine was raised to the nobility as a Life Peer with the title Baron Irvine of Lairg , of Lairg in the District of Sutherland and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since .

During his long membership in the House of Lords, he was initially from 1992 to 1997 spokesman for the opposition Labor faction for legal and domestic affairs and subsequently a member of his party's shadow cabinet in the function of Lord Chancellor.

After the Labor Party won the general election on May 1, 1997 , Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed him Lord Chancellor to succeed Baron Mackay of Clashfern in his first cabinet and was a member of this until he was succeeded by Baron Falconer of Thoroton in 2003. At the same time he was government spokesman for legal policy and affairs of the Lord Chancellor during this period.

He was then Lord of Appeal until 2008 and, since 2005, Patron of Prisoners Abroad , a charity that supports British nationals serving prison terms in foreign prisons . Baron Irvine is also Co-President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Vice-President of the UK Section of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ministerial merry-go-round . In: The Guardian of June 14, 2003
personal data
SURNAME Irvine, Derry Baron Irvine of Lairg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Irvine, Alexander, Baron Irvine of Lairg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Inverness , Scotland