Michael Jones, Lord Jones Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Lord Jones
Office:Senator of the College of Justice
Term Start:2012
Term End:2016
Nominator:Alex Salmond
As First Minister
Appointer:Elizabeth II
Birth Date:18 February 1948
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Birth Name:Michael Scott Jones
Profession:Advocate
Website:Judiciary of Scotland

Michael Scott Jones, Lord Jones (18 February 1948 – 13 March 2016) was a Scottish Senator of the College of Justice.[1]

Jones was commissioned as an officer of the Royal Air Force in 1968, and later qualified as a pilot. He flew F-4 Phantoms in Germany.[2]

Jones was called to the bar in Scotland in 1977 and in England and Wales in 1987. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1989. He served as standing counsel to the Scottish Department of Trade and as an Advocate Depute. From 2008 he was Senior Partner for the law firm Simpson & Marwick and head of its Dispute Resolution Department and its Advocacy Unit.

In 1997, Jones was appointed part-time Chairman of the Police Appeals Tribunal and became an Ordinary Judge of Appeal in Jersey and in Guernsey in 2005. On 1 June 2012, it was announced he had been appointed a Senator of the College of Justice,[3] and he took up the post on 11 July 2012.[4] Jones was the Honorary President of the mooting society at the University of Dundee School of Law.

Jones died suddenly in Edinburgh on 13 March 2016, aged 68.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Lord Michael Jones, judge. The Scotsman. 7 April 2016. Davidson, Jack. 14 November 2018.
  2. Web site: The Hon Lord Jones (Michael Jones). Judiciary of Scotland. 14 November 2018.
  3. Appointment of Lord President and Senators . Scottish Government. 1 June 2012. 14 November 2018.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012061215/http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/rolls/supreme/lists/r120705_203.htm Roll of the Court of Session for 5 July 2012