Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian
| The Right Honourable Lady Dorrian |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Nominated by | Jack McConnell As First Minister |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
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| Born | Leeona June Dorrian 16 June 1957 |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Profession | Advocate |
Leeona June Dorrian, Lady Dorrian is a Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
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Early life
Dorrian was born in Edinburgh and educated at Cranley Girls' School in the city. She studied at the School of Law of the University of Aberdeen, graduating LL.B. in 1977, and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1981.[1][2]
Legal career
Dorrian served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Health and Safety Executive and Commission between 1987 and 1994, Advocate Depute between 1988 and 1991, and as Standing Junior to the Department of Energy between 1991 and 1994. She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1994, and called to the English Bar in 1991, at the Inner Temple. Between 1997 and 2001 she was a member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.[1][2] Dorrian was appointed a Temporary Judge of the Court of Session in 2002, and in 2005 became a full-time Senator of the College of Justice, taking the judicial title, Lady Dorrian.[1][2] Lady Dorrian became a member of The Management Board of The Aberdeen Law Project in 2010.
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- Members of the Faculty of Advocates
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- People from Edinburgh
- Queen's Counsel 1901–2000
- Queen's Counsel 2001–
- Scottish Queen's Counsel
- Senators of the College of Justice
- Scottish women judges
- British women lawyers
- People educated at St Margaret's School, Edinburgh
