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Colin Boyd QC Solicitor General
17/05/1999
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mr Colin Boyd QC was appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland on May 6, 1997. He will continue in that role in the Scottish Executive.
Born on June 7, 1953, Mr Boyd spent his childhood in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Wick. He was educated at Wick High School and George Watson's College, Edinburgh and graduated BA (Econ) from Manchester University in politics and economics, and LLB from Edinburgh University.
He was a solicitor in private practice before being called to the Scottish Bar in 1983. Mr Boyd was an Advocate Depute from 1993 to 1995 and took Silk in 1995. He is a legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute. As an Advocate he built up a practice in administrative law.
He contributed to a book The Legal Aspects of Devolution published just before the 1997 election.
Married with three children, Mr Boyd lives in Edinburgh.
News Release: 1017/99
17 May 1999