Colin Mackay (judge)

Sir Colin Crichton Mackay (born 26 September 1943) is a British former judge and barrister. He was a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales from 2001 until his retirement in 2013.

Education

Mackay attended the boys-only boarding school Radley College, then Corpus Christi College, Oxford.^[1]

Legal career

Mackay was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1967 and was made a bencher in 1995.^[1] Mackay became a Queen's Counsel in 1998,^[2] and was appointed a Recorder in 1992.^[3] On 24 January 2001, he was appointed a High Court judge,^[4] receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. Upon reaching the age of 70, Mackay retired from the judiciary.^[5]

In retirement, he was appointed a Surveillance Commissioner. He will serve in that role for a three-year term, between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2018.^[6]