Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon

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Senator of the College of Justice
In office
2000–2013
Nominated byDonald Dewar
MonarchElizabeth II
Lord Advocate
In office
7 November 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Succeeded byThe Lord Hardie
Solicitor General for Scotland
In office
4 May 1995 – 7 November 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThomas Dawson
Succeeded byPaul Cullen
Personal details
Born
Donald Sage Mackay

(1946-01-30)30 January 1946
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died21 August 2018(2018-08-21) (aged 72)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Lesley Waugh
​
(m. 1979)​
RelationsAlan Mackay (brother)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
University of Virginia
ProfessionAdvocate

Donald Sage Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon,

additional Lords of Appeal in the House of Lords, where he sat as a crossbencher
.

Early life

Mackay was born in Aberdeen in 1946, to Donald George Mackintosh Mackay and Jean Margaret Mackay, and educated at the private George Watson's College, Edinburgh.[1][2] He was the brother of the BBC news reporter Alan Mackay.

He studied at the

LLB, LLM), and at the School of Law of the University of Virginia (LLM).[3]

Mackay was admitted as a solicitor in 1971 and practised for five years with Allan McDougall & Company SSC, becoming a member of the

took silk in 1987.[3] From 1988 to 1992, he served as a temporary sheriff,[4] and from 1989 to 1995 sat on the Board of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
.

Government

In 1995, he replaced

Labour's Lord Hardie. Between May 1997 and March 2000, he combined practice as a senior counsel with an active role in the House of Lords as Opposition Spokesman on Scotland and Constitutional Affairs.[3]

The bench

Mackay was appointed a judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, Scotland's highest courts, in March 2000.[4] Mackay was also one of five members of the House of Lords, in addition to the twelve Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, eligible to form the quorum of the House required to hear and determine judicial business under ss.5&25 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. In October 2009 the judicial functions of the House of Lords were transferred to the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom under Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, with the twelve Lords of Appeal in Ordinary becoming the inaugural Justices of the Court. While ss.38 and 39 allow for additional judges to sit in the Court, Mackay's position as a serving judge of the Outer House of the Court of Session excluded him from both of these provisions.

He retired from the membership of the House of Lords on 17 January 2017.[6]

Personal life and death

In 1979, Mackay married Lesley Ann Waugh. They had three children.[1]

Mackay died from dementia at a nursing home in Edinburgh on 21 August 2018, at the age of 72.[1][7]

See also

  • List of Senators of the College of Justice

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380543. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b "Lord Advocate becomes a judge". The Herald. Glasgow. 9 November 1995. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^
    Scottish Court Service
    . Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  4. ^ a b "New Judge Appointments". Scottish Executive. 14 March 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  5. ^ "No. 54249". The London Gazette. 21 December 1995. p. 17294.
  6. ^ Lord Mackay of Drumadoon – UK Parliament
  7. ^ "Obituary: Donald Sage Mackay, Former Lord Advocate and judge of the Supreme Courts". The Herald (Glasgow). 24 August 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by Solicitor General for Scotland
1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Advocate
1995–1997 		Succeeded by
The Lord Hardie
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