29 October 2007
The Prime Minister has approved the re-appointment of The Right Honourable Sir Liam McCollum as a Surveillance Commissioner under the terms of Section 91 of the Police Act 1997. This re-appointment is from 1 October 2007 until 30 September 2010.
The Prime Minister has also approved the re-appointments of the Right Honourable Lord Sutherland and Sir Charles McCullough as Surveillance Commissioners under the terms of Section 91 of the Police Act 1997. These re-appointments are from 1 November 2007 until 31 October 2010.
Biographical Note:
The Right Honourable Sir Liam McCollum (71) was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1955 and took Silk in 1971. He served as Judge of the High Court, Northern Ireland, from 1987 to 1997. From 1997 to 2004 he served as a Lord Justice of Appeal, Supreme Court of Judicature, Northern Ireland. He was first appointed as a Surveillance Commissioner in October 2004.
The Right Honourable Lord Sutherland (75) has been a judge since 1985 and is a member of the First Division of the Inner House. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1956 and served as an Advocate Depute from 1962 to 1964 and again from 1971 to 1977, and was Standing Junior to the Ministry of Defence from 1964 to 1969. He took Silk (Scotland) in 1969 and was a member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board from 1977 until 1985. He served as a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland from 1985 to 2001 and is the Scottish representative to the International Association of Judges. He was first appointed as a Surveillance Commissioner in 2001.
Sir Charles McCullough (75) was called to the Bar in 1956 and took Silk in 1971. He served as a Judge of The High Court, Queen’s Bench Division, from 1981 to 1998. He was first appointed as a Surveillance Commissioner in 1998.
Notes for Editors:
Section 91 of the Police Act 1997 provides for the Prime Minister to appoint Surveillance Commissioners. Commissioners must be persons who hold or have held high judicial office within the meaning of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. Commissioners are appointed for a three-year period with the possibility of re-appointment. Their functions are in regard to surveillance operations carried out by Police and Customs Officers and members of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
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