Former Lord Advocate has, as predicted earlier this year, been appointed
as a Senator of the College of Justice and will become a High Court Judge.
The
appointment comes despite ongoing concern over his role in the Pan Am 103
debacle, where further questions surrounding the actings of the Crown Office in
relation to disclosure of material evidence continue to challenge the
conviction. New revelations have come to light only this morning.
"That the Judicial Appointments
Board should recommend to the First Minister that Lord Colin Boyd be appointed
as a judge to the highest court in the land set new standards for being out of
touch," campaigner Iain McKie said at the time his appointment was leaked.
Former
MP Tam Dalyell said the appointment "should not inoculate Lord Boyd
from the obligation to answer questions on Lockerbie over the period that he
headed the Crown Office.
"The
Crown Office, and I would have thought Lord Boyd in his position in the Crown
Office, have an obligation to address powerful criticisms of
non-disclosure."
The
appointment comes on the day Lord Gill [currently Lord Justice Clerk, number
two in the Scottish judicial hierarchy] was confirmed as the new Lord
President. [RB: Many, many years ago I spent some of the happiest months of my
life devilling
to Brian Gill, then a junior counsel and an Advocate Depute, before I entered
practice at the Scottish Bar.]
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