Background
He is the son of former Lord President George Emslie, Baron Emslie, and older brother of fellow judge Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth.
He is the son of former Lord President George Emslie, Baron Emslie, and older brother of fellow judge Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth.
Emslie was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Trinity College, Glenalmond, before studying at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (Bachelor) and the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh (Bachelor of Laws).
He was admitted to Faculty of Advocates in 1972, becoming a Queen"s Counsel in 1986. Emslie served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Forestry Commission and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1981 to 1982, and to the Inland Revenue from 1982 to 1986. In 1988, he became part-time Chairman of the Medical Appeal Tribunals, serving until 1997, when he became Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, a position his father held from 1965 to 1970.
He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, Scotland"s supreme courts, in 2001 In December 2010, Emslie was appointed to the Inner House of the Court of Session and consequently sworn of the Privy Council in April 2011, entitling him to the style the Right Honourable.
Faculty of Advocates.