Jacqueline Fordyce

Jacqueline called to the Bar in 2016, as the Lord Reid Scholar 2015-16, and was Deputy Director of Training and Education at the Faculty of Advocates 2019-21. She is a Legal Member of the SCCRC, and a Legal Member of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Social Security Chamber).

Jacqueline has particular interests in public law, human rights, and criminal justice.  She is a contributing editor of Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia (Criminal Law, Public International Law, Human Rights), and has previously lectured in constitutional and administrative law. She has appeared in a variety of matters in the Scottish courts and tribunals, including the UK Supreme Court, and has been instructed in judicial review and human rights proceedings, contractual disputes, professional liability and disciplinary proceedings, media law, public inquiry, and as ad hoc Crown junior counsel. She has also served as panel counsel to the EHRC in Scotland and as standing junior counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland.

Jacqueline also has distinct domestic and international quasi-judicial experience.  She was Registrar of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) in Scotland, providing legal advice to judges and exercising delegated judicial functions in respect of interlocutory and case management issues.  She is a former Law Clerk to the Lord Justice Clerk (Lord Carloway and Lady Dorrian), developing a particular understanding of effective appellate advocacy and strength in opinion writing.  She is also a former Visiting Professional in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (assigned to then President of the Court, Judge Eboe-Osuji), gaining experience of international criminal law, including questions of state immunity, and international administrative law matters.

Jacqueline is a board member of The Howard League for Penal Reform in Scotland.  She previously practised as a litigation solicitor in Edinburgh.