Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman

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Elizabeth II
Preceded byLord Philip
President of the Scottish Tribunals
In office
August 2020 – 30 April 2023
Appointed by Lord Carloway
As Lord President
Preceded byLady Smith
Personal details
Born
Stephen Errol Woolman

(1953-05-16) 16 May 1953 (age 70)
ResidenceEdinburgh
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
ProfessionAdvocate

Stephen Errol Woolman, Lord Woolman, PC[1] (born 16 May 1953),[2] is a Scottish legal academic, and a retired Senator of the College of Justice.

Early life

Woolman was educated at

Faculty of Law of the University of Edinburgh from 1978 to 1987, serving as Associate Dean from 1981 to 1984. He published the first edition of his work on Contract in 1987, being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates the same year.[4][5]

Legal career

Woolman served as Standing Junior Counsel to the

Advocates' Library and a trustee of the National Library of Scotland
from 2004 to 2008, and chairman of the Scottish Council of Law Reporting from 2007 to 2008.

He was appointed

Lady Wise.[7]
He was formerly deputy chairman of the Boundary Commission for Scotland (2009 - 2015).

He holds an honorary LLD from the University of Aberdeen[8] and was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022.[9] He retired in May 2023.[10]

Publications

  • Woolman on Contract, 1987 (6th ed. 2018) W. Green & Sons. (
    ISBN 978 0 414 01647 7
    )

Personal life

Lord Woolman married Helen Mackinnon in 1977, with whom he has two daughters.

See also

  • List of Senators of the College of Justice

References

  1. ^ "Privy Council appointment: 20 August 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014. Lord Woolman, a Senator of the College of Justice, 60
  3. ^ Hutcheon, Paul (12 October 2008). "Male, white, middle-class, privately educated, Edinburgh resident". The Sunday Herald. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  4. ^
    Scottish Court Service
    . Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  5. ^ a b "New judge appointed". Scottish Executive. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  6. Scottish Executive
    . 4 August 1998. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  7. ^ "New President of the Scottish Tribunals". Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Honorary Graduates | Students | the University of Aberdeen".
  9. ^ "Lord Stephen Woolman".
  10. ^ "New President of the Scottish Tribunals".
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