The Hon Lady Anwar (Aisha Anwar)

Lady Anwar was appointed Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin and President of the Sheriff Appeal Court in 2023 and as a Temporary Judge in 2024.  

She graduated from the University of Edinburgh (LLB Hons) in 1996 and from the University of Oxford (BCL) in 1998.  She was admitted as a solicitor in 2000. From 2009 to 2012 she became a partner and head of litigation for Scotland in a global law firm.  

She was appointed as a part-time sheriff in 2011 and as a sheriff at Glasgow Sheriff Court in 2014 where she was a designated family law and commercial law sheriff.  She was appointed Sheriff Principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway in 2020 and as Honorary King’s Counsel in 2024.  

As Sheriff Principal, Lady Anwar designed and developed Summary Case Management (SCM) and chair the SCM Board.  She was an adviser to the Scottish Sentencing Council and was formerly a member of both the Board of the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service and Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.

She co-authored the Civil Bench Book for Sheriffs on behalf of the Judicial Institute and is a contributor to the 4th edition of Macphail on Sheriff Court Practice.