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Scottish judge

The HonourableLady Rae
Senator of the College of Justice
In office
2014–2020
Nominated byAlex Salmond
As First Minister
Appointed byElizabeth II
Personal details
BornRita Emilia Anna Rae
(1950-06-20) 20 June 1950 (age 74)
Glasgow
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh

Rita Rae, Lady Rae (born 20 June 1950) is a Scottish lawyer, judge and a former Senator of the College of Justice.

Career

Rae modelled herself on her grandfather, who was an Italian lawyer who opposed Mussolini and died in 1937. (Rae's appearance on Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile)

She became a solicitor in 1974, joined the Faculty of Advocates from 1982, and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1992. From 2003 to 2006 she was a member of the Sentencing Commission for Scotland.

Rae served as a temporary sheriff from 1987–1997. She was appointed a sheriff at Glasgow in 1997. She became temporary judge at the Court of Session in 2004. From 2001–2007 she was a member (and vice-chair from 2005) of the Parole Board for Scotland.

Rae was appointed as a permanent judge (a Lord Ordinary) of the Court of Session and a Judge of the Supreme Courts in January 2014. She acted as a Temporary Judge in the Supreme Courts, part time, from 2010 - 2013.

In 2015, Lady Rae presided over the trial of Alexander Pacteau after his guilty plea to the murder of Karen Buckley in Glasgow. She retired in June 2020.

In June 2019 Lady Rae was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from the University of Glasgow

On 21 April 2021, Rae was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow, succeeding Aamer Anwar. On 11 April 2024 she was succeeded by Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah.

In 2022 Rae Became first Chair of the new Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Standards agency 18 November 2022 Rae was awarded a Fellowship from New College Lanarkshire for her "Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Public Life" In Nov 2023 Rae became Chair of the Council of the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending

References

  1. "Appointment of Senators to the College of Justice". Scottish Government News. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. "New judge sworn in". 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. "The Hon Lady Rae (Rita Rae)". Judiciary of Scotland.
  4. "'You destroyed her young life and devastated a family'". Irish Times. Glasgow. 8 September 2015. Full text of judge's statement in sentencing Alexander Pacteau
  5. "Lady Rae retires". Scottish Legal News. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. @uofglasgow (21 April 2021). "Register" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via Twitter.
  7. "Lady Rae in running to become Glasgow University's next rector". Scottish Legal News. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  8. Glasgow Uni / per 14 April 2024
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Preceded byAamer Anwar Rector of the University of Glasgow
2021–2024 		Succeeded byGhassan Abu-Sittah
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