Raymond Doherty, Lord Doherty
{{Short description|Scottish lawyer and judge}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = Lord Doherty
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| image = Lord Doherty 2010.jpg
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| office = Senator of the College of Justice
| term_start = May 2010
| term_end =
| nominator = Alex Salmond
As First Minister
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| predecessor =
| successor =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|1|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
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| birthname = Joseph Raymond Doherty
| alma_mater = University of Edinburgh,
University of Oxford,
Harvard University
| occupation =
| profession = Advocate, Judge
}}
Joseph Raymond Doherty, Lord Doherty, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|PC|}} (born 30 January 1958){{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/d/19311/%28Joseph%29%20Raymond%20Doherty+DOHERTY.aspx |title=The Hon Lord Doherty's Biography |publisher=Debrett's |accessdate=5 November 2012}} is a Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
Early life
Doherty studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh (LLB), Hertford College, Oxford (BCL) and Harvard University (LLM). He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1984.{{cite web|title=Biographies – The Hon Lord Doherty|url=http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/biographies/doherty.asp?dir=session|publisher=Scottish Court Service|accessdate=13 July 2010}}
Legal career
In 1990, he was elected Clerk of the Faculty, holding that office until 1995. He served as Standing Junior Counsel (legal advisor) to the Ministry of Defence from 1990 to 1991 and to the Industry Department of the Scottish Office from 1991 to 1997, at which time he was appointed Queen's Counsel. From 1998 to 2001, he was an Advocate Depute.
=The Bench=
In April 2010, he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, the Supreme Courts of Scotland, taking the judicial title, Lord Doherty. He heard the case brought by a number of Scottish politicians, including Andy Wightman and Joanna Cherry, which sought an answer to the question on whethear the United Kingdom could unilaterally withdraw its notice of its intention to leave the European Union. Lord Doherty refused permission for judicial review,[https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/judge-refuses-permission-proceed-legal-challenge-revocability-article-50 "Judge refuses permission to proceed in legal challenge over revocability of Article 50], Scottish Legal News, 6 February 2018 but this decision was overturned by the Inner House of the Court of Session.[https://scottishlegal.com/article/appeal-judges-grant-permission-proceed-legal-challenge-revocability-article-50 "Appeal judges grant permission to proceed in legal challenge over revocability of Article 50"], Scottish Legal News, 20 March 2018
It was announced on 17 February 2020 that Lord Doherty had been appointed to the Inner House of the Court of Session with effect from December 2020.[http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/24/2342/New-judicial-appointments]. He was appointed to Her Majesty's Privy Council on 12 April 2022 allowing him the honorific The Right Honourable.{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/court-circular?text=Lady+wise&mrf=&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=15%2F04%2F2021&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=15%2F04%2F2022&id= |title=Court Circular 12 April 2022 |website=The Royal Family |date=12 April 2022}}
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Category:Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:20th-century King's Counsel