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Born Ann McCargow in Glasgow in 1952, she was educated at the independent Laurel Bank School for Girls.
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Ann Ann Paton
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She is a Senator of the College of Justice, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session. Paton is currently Scotland"s longest-serving female judge and was the second woman ever appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice, after Lady Cosgrove. She was dux in 1969.
Paton was appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Queen"s and Lord Treasurer"s Remembrancer in 1979, and to the Office of Fair Trading in 1981.
She took silk in 1990 and served as an Advocate Depute from 1992 to 1994. She was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 2000, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
She was promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2007, and appointed to the Privy Council. She sits in the Second Division.
She chaired the Personal Injuries User Group in the Court of Session from 2003 to 2008.
She chairs the Judicial Studies Working Party in Scotland responsible for the Scottish Equal Treatment Benchbook: Guidance for the Judiciary (1st edition 2002. 2nd edition 2008).
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She was a member of the Working Party responsible for the 3rd edition of the Ogden Tables (1998). From 1995 to 2000, she was a member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and Director of the Scottish Council of Law Reporting from 1995 until her appointment as a Judge. Lady Paton was a member of the Parole Board for Scotland from 2003 until 2007.
