Lord set up special legal club
have the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates present in court to observe the behaviour going on.
“The ties were a trophy for the war-wounded – but also a means of communicating how unacceptable to justice such conduct was and I’m glad we don’t see such behaviour today.”
Ex-foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind is also thought to be a member – following an appeal while working as an advocate in Edinburgh which resulted in a client’s sentence being increased from 10 to 12 years.
L ord McClu s k e y wa s solicitor general from 1974 to 1979 and became a High Court judge in 1984.
He was also chairman of the Sunday Mai l ’s Great Scot Awards panel for almost two decades.
He passed away peacefully on July 20 surrounded by his family.
Relatives and friends – including former chancellor Alistair Darling – were among mourners at his funeral at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, on July 29.
Kerrigan added: “I had the pleasure of knowing him throughout my career as a senior counsel. He was outstanding in both criminal and civil courts.
“As solicitor general and as a judge, his brilliance and integrity was exemplary and, above all, I counted him as a friend and guide over the years.
“As a judge, his expertise in the law always shone through – but was tempered with compassion and with an understanding of people borne of his own life experiences.”