John McCluskey

Lord McCluskey graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1950 and LL.B in 1952.

After service in the Royal Air Force, he was admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1955. He became a Q.C in 1967 and was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1974. He became a life peer in 1976 and a judge in 1984.

He was a friend of John Smith and they worked together on Devolution legislation in the Labour Government of 1974 -1979. He has written books on Human Rights and on Criminal Appeals in Scotland.

He was Chairman of the John Smith Memorial Trust from 1997 -2004.[1]