Category Archives: Scottish Land Court

New Chairman appointed to Scottish Land Court

Sheriff Roderick John MacLeod QC

Sheriff Roderick John MacLeod QC

Sheriff Roderick John MacLeod QC has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court, the Scottish Ministers have announced.

Ministers also appointed Sheriff MacLeod as President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland, on the recommendation of the Lord President of the Court of Session.

He succeeds Lord McGhie, who is retiring from both positions.

First Minister Alex Salmond nominated Sheriff MacLeod for appointment as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court on the basis of the recommendation by the independent Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.

Sheriff Roderick John MacLeod QC graduated with an LLB Hons from the University of Edinburgh in 1975.

He became a solicitor in 1979, an Advocate in 1994, was appointed as a Sheriff in 2000 and as a QC in 2013.

He has been the Deputy Chair of the Scottish Land Court since 2006.

Scottish Land Court Technology

Laser Pointer in the Scottish Land CourtFor those of you who do not know: when I am not blogging about crofting law I am blogging about the past, present and future practice of law at The Time Blawg. I have, for the first time, been able to combine the two with a post about Technology and the Scottish Land Court. I originally wrote the post for The Time Blawg due to the Legal Technology / Future Law slant. I also wrote it before I launched the Crofting Law Blog but only got around to posting it today. So it can be found over at The Time Blawg but I thought I would post a link to it from here given that there is, of course, also a crofting law slant to the post.

Link: Technology and the Scottish Land Court at The Time Blawg

Brian Inkster