Lady Paton
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The Right Honourable Lady Paton |
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| Senator of the College of Justice | |
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Assumed office 2000 |
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| Nominated by |
Donald Dewar As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
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| Born |
Ann McCargow 1952 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | James Paton |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Profession | Advocate |
Ann Paton, Lady Paton (born 1952) is a Scottish advocate and judge. She is a Senator of the College of Justice, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session. Paton is currently Scotland's longest-serving female judge and was the second woman ever appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice, after Lady Cosgrove.
Born Ann McCargow in Glasgow in 1952, she was educated at the independent Laurel Bank School for Girls. She was dux in 1969. She studied at the University of Glasgow (M.A., LL.B.) and was awarded the John MacCormick Prize for the most distinguished law graduate of 1974. She married James Paton in 1974, and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1977.
Paton was appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in 1979, and to the Office of Fair Trading in 1981. She took silk in 1990 and served as an Advocate Depute from 1992 to 1994. She was a member of the Working Party responsible for the 3rd edition of the Ogden Tables (1998). From 1995 to 2000, she was a member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and Director of the Scottish Council of Law Reporting from 1995 until her appointment as a Judge. She was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 2000, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. She was promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2007, and appointed to the Privy Council. She sits in the Second Division.
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