Sean Smith, Lord Harrower is a Scottish judge who has been a Senator of the College of Justice since February 2020.
Lord Harrower | |
|---|---|
| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II, Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sean Smith |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | Advocate |
| Profession | Lawyer Judge |
Career
editHarrower was educated at Flora Stevenson's and at Broughton High School, Edinburgh. He was a fellow and lecturer in law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge between 1991 and 1996. He graduated from the University of Glasgow becoming an Advocate at the Faculty of Advocates in 1999. At the Bar, he specialised in tax and related matters. He was, at various times, Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government, HM Revenue and Customs and the Officer of the Advocate General for Scotland. He became a Queen's Counsel in 2012 and continued his practice in revenue matters, but also spent two years as an Advocate Depute from 2017 until 2019.[1] He appeared for the Procurator Fiscal in the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash[2]
On 21 November 2019, it was announced that he would be appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice.[1] In February 2020, he was installed as a Senator of the College of Justice taking the judicial title of Lord Harrower in honour of his late mother.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Five new Senators of the College of Justice appointed". Scottish Legal News. 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Clutha inquiry: Crown could call 85 helicopter crash witnesses". BBC News. 21 November 2019.
- ^ "New judge Lord Harrower honouurs late mother". Scottish Legal News. 18 February 2020.
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