Anna Isabel Poole, Lady Poole (born 11 August 1970) is a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland. Prior to her appointment as Senator, she was a Judge of the UK Upper Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Chamber.[1] Lady Poole was educated at Madras College, St Andrews, and at Somerville and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford.
Lady Poole | |
|---|---|
| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Madras College |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Profession | Advocate |
Career
editLady Poole graduated with first class honours from Oxford University in Law in 1991 (BA Jurisprudence, MA). She completed a postgraduate Masters in 1993 (M.St, Oxon), and went on to qualify as a solicitor of England and Wales in London in 1996. After returning to Scotland, she became a Scottish solicitor in 1997 and an advocate in 1998. She was appointed as a Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government in 2002, Second Standing Junior in 2009, and First Standing Junior in 2010.[2] In 2012, she took silk, becoming Queen's Counsel. She served as an ad hoc advocate depute in 2013.
In 2014 she was appointed as a part-time UK First tier Tribunal Judge in the Social Entitlement Chamber which she combined with practice at the bar. She was elevated to a salaried judge of the UK Upper Tribunal in 2018.[3] She was appointed to sit in the Upper Tribunal for Scotland in 2020.
In addition to her legal career, Lady Poole worked at the universities of Dundee and Edinburgh as a research assistant and a tutor respectively, and serves as Chancellor for the Diocese of Edinburgh.[4] She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,[5] after completing a course in arbitration at the University of Aberdeen.
Lady Poole was formally installed at a ceremony in Parliament House on 10 January 2020.[6] She served as chair to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry between 14 December 2021 and 27 October 2022. She is a co-author of a book on judicial review with Sheriff Frances McCartney and Sheriff Lorna Drummond (A Practical Guide to Public Law Litigation in Scotland Drummond, McCartney and Poole, 2019[7]) and is a contributor to Court of Session Practice edited by Lord Donald MacFadyen.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Judicial Appointment for Anna Poole". Scottish Legal News. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Scottish Government appointment for Anna Poole is "testament to Axiom Advocates' expertise in Public Law"". Axiom Advocates. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Appointment of a Salaried Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Chamber: Poole QC". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Diocesan Officials and Officers". Diocese of Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Fellows all ..." Faculty of Advocates. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Lady Poole Installed as New Judge". Judiciary of Scotland. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Drummond, Lorna; McCarthy, Frances; Poole, Anna (2019). A Practical Guide to Public Law Litigation in Scotland. W. Green. ISBN 9780414065239.
- ^ MacFadyen (ed), Donald James Dobbie, Lord. Court of Session Practice. Butterworths. ISBN 0406014892.
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