Lord Penrose, PC, a Scottish judge and member of the Privy Council who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court, died 1 May, 2025. He was 86.
George William Penrose was born 2 June, 1938, & he qualified as a chartered accountant, was admitted to the bar as an advocate and was made Senior Counsel in 1978. Between 1988 and 1990 he worked in Crown Office, the prosecution service for Scotland. He was made Scotland’s first commercial judge in 1994 and was acknowledged as an expert in commercial law. He chaired two major independent inquiries, establishing in each case complex authoritative narratives of events. He was a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland.
Lord Penrose trained in both law and accountancy at Glasgow University, where his peers included Lord Irvine of Lairg, who went on to become lord chancellor. He was called to the bar in 1964 and became a QC in 1978. Between 1984 and 1990, he also served as procurator for the general assembly of the Church of Scotland.
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