| Intro | Scottish lawyer |
| Is | Lawyer |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Law |
| Gender | male |
John Douglas Fairley, Lord Fairley is a Senator of the College of Justice and a QC in Scotland. He was appointed as a Senator in November 2019.
Career
He was educated at Hutchesons’ Grammar School and University of Glasgow School of Law and became an advocate in 1999. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2012, nominated by then-First Minister Alex Salmond.
In 2018, he made the news in representing Transport Initiatives Edinburgh in the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, with his remarks reported by the BBC and the Times. He also received some public attention for his work as advocate for Rangers Group.
Lord Fairley also served as Advocate Depute from 2011–2015.
Lord Fairley was formally installed as a Senator on 9 January 2020 in a ceremony in Court One of Parliament House, Edinburgh.
In addition to co-authoring a book on contempt of court with Rosalind McInnes, Fairley is a classically trained clarinetist.