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Lord Braid | |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| Assumed office 23 June 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Briad |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
| Profession | Lawyer Judge |
Peter Braid, Lord Braid is a Scottish judge who has been a Senator of the College of Justice since 23 June 2020.[1]
Career
[edit]Braid graduated from the University of Edinburgh before becoming a solicitor with the Scottish law firm, Morton Fraser. He was appointed as a Sheriff in 2005.[1] In 2015, he was appointed by the Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders to be one of a number of Sheriffs that would sit in the new All-Scotland Personal Injury Court which was established as a result of reforms to the court system in Scotland.[2]. Braid was also appointed by the Lord President of the Court of Session to sit as an Appeal Sheriff in the Sheriff Appeal Court in 2015.[3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lord Braid declared that regulations made by the Scottish Ministers which required places of worship to close were unlawful following a judicial review brought by a group of 27 church leaders in Scotland.[4] In 2022, Braid sentenced a former Scottish Queen's Counsel to 10 years' imprionment in relation to five charges of sexual abuse of children which had occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, describing the offences as being "of the utmost seriousness and depravity."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lord Braid installed as new judge". judiciary.scot. Judiciary of Scotland. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Sheriffs appointed to National Personal Injury Court". The Journal. Law Society of Scotland. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Sheriff Appeal Court appointments confirmed". Scottish Legal News. Scottish Legal News. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Covid in Scotland: Places of worship can open now after court win". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Scots QC given 10 years for child sexual offences". The Journal. Law Society of Scotland. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025.