Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, justice of the Supreme Court and former lord advocate, has died at the age of 66
Rodger joined the Scottish Faculty of Advocates in 1974. He became lord advocate in 1992 and served in that post until 1995, when he became a Court of Session judge.
Lord Phillips, president of the Supreme Court, said: “He was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2001 and from that moment his colleagues delighted in the enthusiasm with which he applied his intellect to the challenge posed by each case before him, his clarity of thought and insight that often revealed an aspect of the case that might have passed unperceived and the language, and indeed the accent, in which he forcibly expressed his views.”
Lord Hope said: “Our thoughts are with his family and his many close friends, whose lives were enriched by his generous and engaging personality and who meant so much to him too. His legacy is to be found in his judgments, his lectures and his academic writings.”
