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New appointments to the Inner House
Jan 10, 2025
The Lord President, Lord Carloway, and the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, recommended the appointments to allow court business to continue to be dealt with efficiently and effectively.
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Angela Constance MSP, consented to the appointments, being satisfied that it is required to meet the business demands of the Court.
Lord Ericht
Lord Ericht was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Courts in May 2016.
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.
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, Senior Decision Maker for the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and member of the Scottish Civil Justice Council.
In 2017 he was appointed as a judge of the UK Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) and a member of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. In 2020 he was appointed to sit as a Chairman of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.
He is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and a trustee of the LawScot Foundation.
Lady Carmichael
Lady Carmichael was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Courts in May 2016. She served as a part‑time sheriff and as a deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber).
She is a graduate of the University of Glasgow and became an advocate in 1993. She was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 2008, and has served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Home Department and as reporter to the Scottish Legal Aid Board.
She was a tutor at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission panel of counsel.