The Hon Lord Ericht (Andrew Stewart)

The  Rt Hon Lord Ericht was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Courts in May 2016 and was elevated to the Inner House of the Court of Session in February 2025.

He has served as a judge in the Commercial Court, as Judicial Lead for the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, in the UK Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber),  and as a Chairman of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.

He qualified as a solicitor in 1988 and practised with Clifford Chance and Tods Murray WS before becoming an advocate in 1996. 

He was appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Trade and Industry from 2000 to 2009 and elected clerk of the Faculty of Advocates from 2003 to 2009. After being appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 2009 he served as an advocate depute until 2013 then returned to independent practice in mainly commercial and public law. 

While at the  Bar he held part-time appointments as president of the Scottish Tax Tribunals, visiting lecturer at the Université de Lorraine, France, editor of Session Cases (the official series of Scots law reports), chairman of the ICAS Appeal Tribunal and Senior Decision Maker for the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.  

He is an honorary  bencher of Middle Temple, honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and a trustee of the Clark Foundation for Legal Education.