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Annex B: Lord Cullen and the Secretary to the Review
The Rt Hon Lord Cullen of Whitekirk KT
1.1 The Rt Hon Lord Cullen of Whitekirk KT was called to the Scottish Bar in 1960 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1973, serving as an Advocate depute (Crown Counsel) from 1978 to 1981. In 1986 he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice. He held office as the Lord Justice Clerk from 1997 until 2001, when he became Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General of Scotland. He retired from the latter offices in 2005.
1.2 He conducted public inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster, the shootings at Dunblane Primary School and the Ladbroke Grove rail crash.
1.3 He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1997, a life peer in 2003 and a Knight of the Thistle in 2007. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by a number of universities. He is a former chairman of the Cockburn Association (Edinburgh Civic Trust), and a former member of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, and of the University Court of Napier University. He is the President of SACRO, and of the Saltire Society, and the chairman of the board of The Signet Accreditation Limited.
1.4 On his appointment to the Review, Lord Cullen said:
"It is important that the way in which inquiries into fatal accident inquiries are handled is responsive to the needs and expectations of the public in a changing world. I am very much looking forward to the challenge of undertaking this Review".
Secretary to the Review
1.5 Andrew Mackenzie was appointed by Lord Cullen in May 2008. He is a solicitor on secondment from Government Legal Services Scotland.
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