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The Right Hon Lord Clarke (Matthew Gerard Clarke)
Lord Clarke was appointed a Judge in February 2000 and
was appointed to the Second Division of the Inner House
in August 2008.
From 1995 until his appointment he was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey.
He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow (MA, LLB) and lectured at the Department of Scots Law, Edinburgh University, from 1972 until his admission to the Faculty of Advocates1 in 1978.
From 1983 until 1989 Lord Clarke was Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Home and Health Department2 and served on various tribunals, including, from 1987, Employment Tribunals, and from 1995, the Trademarks Tribunal.
In 1989 he became a member of the UK delegation to the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community and he was leader of the delegation from 1992 to 1996. In 1995 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Europa Institute at the University of Edinburgh.
Lord Clarke has contributed to "Butterworth's EC Legal Systems", "Green's Guide to European Laws in Scotland". I McPhail Sheriff Courts Practice (2nd Edition) and Court of Session Practice (Tottel Publishing). He is the chair of the British Council (Scotland) Law & Governance Committee.
1 The Scottish Bar.
2 Standing Juniors are appointed by the Lord Advocate to advise and represent government departments.