Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Lord Colbeck | |
Office: | Senator of the College of Justice |
Term Start: | 19 May 2023 |
Nominator: | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
Office2: | Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin |
Term Start2: | 1 September 2016 |
Term End2: | 18 May 2023 |
Nominator2: | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
Predecessor2: | Craig Scott KC |
Successor2: | Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar |
Office3: | Sheriff |
Term Start3: | 2014 |
Term End3: | 31 August 2016 |
Nominator3: | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
Birthname: | Craig Douglas Turnbull |
Alma Mater: | University of Strathclyde |
Occupation: | Solicitor |
Profession: | Lawyer Judge |
Craig Turnbull, Lord Colbeck is a Scottish judge who has been a Senator of the College of Justice since May 2023.
Colbeck, a graduate of the University of Strathclyde, was admitted as a solicitor in 1988 becoming a partner in Scottish law firm MacRoberts in 1997. He served as the Managing partner of MacRoberts from 2011 to 2014. He was appointed as a Part-Time Sheriff in 2011 and then as a Sheriff in 2014 before being appointed as Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin in 2016.[1]
As Sheriff Principal, Colbeck presided over the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the 2013 Glasgow Helicopter Crash.[2]
On 19 January 2023, it was announced that he had been appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice by King Charles III on the recommendation of Nicola Sturgeon.[3] He took up office on 19 May 2023, taking the judicial title of Lord Colbeck.[4]