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Neil Forbes Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, QC (born 13 September 1950) is a Scottish lawyer.
He was educated at the University of Stirling, the University of Bradford and the University of Edinburgh. His private practice is in commercial and administrative law.
He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1979 and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1990. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland on February 24, 2000 and held this office until November 2001. He is a member of 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers (founded by Lord Irvine of Lairg).
On 21 March 2006 it was announced that the Prime Minister had appointed him to the office of Advocate General for Scotland, which had been vacant since the resignation of Lady Clark of Calton on 18 January to take up office as a Senator of the College of Justice.
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova is the co-author of Judicial Review in Scotland. He was the International Commission of Jurists' chef de mission to Egypt on sequestration of the Egyptian Bar in 1998. He was the convener of the Human Rights Committee of the Faculty of Advocates.
He was created a life peer as Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, of Glen Clova in Angus, on 22 March 2006. He sits on the Labour benches.
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| Preceded by Colin Boyd |
Solicitor General for Scotland 2000-2001 |
Succeeded by Elish Angiolini |
| Preceded by Lynda Clark |
Advocate General for Scotland 2006 – present |
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