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== Career ==
== Career ==


Stewart was educated at Perth High School and the [[University of Edinburgh]] and qualified as a [[solicitor]] in 1988.<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> He practised with [[Clifford Chance]] and Tods Murray,<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> and served as Legal Assistant to the [[Lord President of the Court of Session]]<ref name="facadv-5-new-senators-2016" /> before being [[Faculty of Advocates|admitted as an advocate]] in 1996.<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> From 2000 to 2009 he was standing junior counsel to the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]],<ref name="scotjud-biog-ericht" /> and in 2003 he was elected as Clerk of the [[Faculty of Advocates]].<ref name="facadv-5-new-senators-2016" /> He was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 2009, and then served as an advocate depute until 2013<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /><ref name="facadv-5-new-senators-2016" /> when he returned to independent practice in [[commercial law|commercial]] and [[public law]].<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> He has also held part-time appointments as visiting lecturer at the [[Université de Lorraine]], France from 1993 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/34/1599/The-Hon-Lord-Ericht-(Andrew-Stewart-QC) |title=The Hon Lord Ericht (Andrew Stewart QC) |website=Judiciary of Scotland |publisher=[[Judicial Office for Scotland]] |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805053747/http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/34/1599/The-Hon-Lord-Ericht-(Andrew-Stewart-QC) |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Stewart was educated at [[Perth High School]] and the [[University of Edinburgh]] and qualified as a [[solicitor]] in 1988.<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> He practised with [[Clifford Chance]] and Tods Murray,<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> and served as Legal Assistant to the [[Lord President of the Court of Session]]<ref name="facadv-5-new-senators-2016" /> before being [[Faculty of Advocates|admitted as an advocate]] in 1996.<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> From 2000 to 2009 he was standing junior counsel to the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]],<ref name="scotjud-biog-ericht" /> and in 2003 he was elected as Clerk of the [[Faculty of Advocates]].<ref name="facadv-5-new-senators-2016" /> He was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 2009, and then served as an advocate depute until 2013<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /><ref name="facadv-5-new-senators-2016" /> when he returned to independent practice in [[commercial law|commercial]] and [[public law]].<ref name="slegal-2016-05-31-ericht" /> He has also held part-time appointments as visiting lecturer at the [[Université de Lorraine]], France from 1993 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/34/1599/The-Hon-Lord-Ericht-(Andrew-Stewart-QC) |title=The Hon Lord Ericht (Andrew Stewart QC) |website=Judiciary of Scotland |publisher=[[Judicial Office for Scotland]] |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805053747/http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/34/1599/The-Hon-Lord-Ericht-(Andrew-Stewart-QC) |url-status=dead}}</ref>


=== Judge ===
=== Judge ===

Latest revision as of 01:50, 22 January 2024

Lord Ericht
Senator of the College of Justice
Assumed office
31 May 2016[1]
Nominated byNicola Sturgeon
As First Minister
Monarchs
Personal details
Born (1963-09-12) 12 September 1963 (age 61)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
ProfessionAdvocate

Andrew Fleming Stewart, Lord Ericht (born 12 September 1963) is a Scottish lawyer who was appointed in 2016 as a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of Session.

Career

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Stewart was educated at Perth High School and the University of Edinburgh and qualified as a solicitor in 1988.[1] He practised with Clifford Chance and Tods Murray,[1] and served as Legal Assistant to the Lord President of the Court of Session[2] before being admitted as an advocate in 1996.[1] From 2000 to 2009 he was standing junior counsel to the Department of Trade and Industry,[3] and in 2003 he was elected as Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates.[2] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2009, and then served as an advocate depute until 2013[1][2] when he returned to independent practice in commercial and public law.[1] He has also held part-time appointments as visiting lecturer at the Université de Lorraine, France from 1993 to 2016.[4]

Judge

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In May 2016, Stewart was appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice.[2][5] He was installed as a judge on 31 May 2016, taking the judicial title Lord Ericht.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Lord Ericht joins the bench". Scottish Legal News. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Five new Senators named". Faculty of Advocates website. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. ^ "The Hon Lord Ericht (Andrew Stewart QC)". Judiciary of Scotland website. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  4. ^ "The Hon Lord Ericht (Andrew Stewart QC)". Judiciary of Scotland. Judicial Office for Scotland. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Senators appointed to College of Justice". Scottish Government website. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.