Anna Poole, Lady Poole
Lady Poole | |
|---|---|
| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Madras College |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Profession | Judge |
Anna Isabel Poole, Lady Poole (born 11 August 1970) is a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotlandand President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)[1]. The Honourable Lady Poole was educated at Madras College, St Andrews, and at Somerville and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford.
Career
The Honourable Lady Poole graduated with first class honours from Oxford University in Law in 1991 (BA Jurisprudence, MA). She completed a postgraduate Masters in 1993 (M.St, Oxon), and went on to qualify as a solicitor of England and Wales in London in 1996. After returning to Scotland, she became a Scottish solicitor in 1997 and an advocate in 1998. She was appointed as a Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government in 2002, Second Standing Junior in 2009, and First Standing Junior in 2010.[2] In 2012, she took silk, becoming Queen's Counsel (now KC). She served as an ad hoc advocate depute in 2013.
Her judicial career commenced in 2014 when she was appointed as a part-time UK First tier Tribunal Judge in the Social Entitlement Chamber which she combined with practice at the bar. She was elevated to a salaried judge of the UK Upper Tribunal in 2018.[3] She became a Senator of the College of Justice in 2020. As well as sitting in the Court of Session and the High Court, she holds various other judicial appointments; Upper Tribunal for Scotland (2020-), visiting judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (2025-)[4], and Chamber President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) (2026-). She served as chair to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry between 14 December 2021 and 27 October 2022 during its set up period. She also chairs the Advisory Council of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers.
Lady Poole previously worked at the universities of Dundee and Edinburgh as a research assistant and a tutor respectively. Between 2014 and 2024 she served as Chancellor first for the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, and then for the Diocese of Edinburgh.[5] She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,[6] after completing a course in arbitration at the University of Aberdeen.
Lady Poole was formally installed as a Senator of the College of Justice at a ceremony in Parliament House on 10 January 2020.[7] She is a co-author of a book on judicial review (A Practical Guide to Public Law Litigation in Scotland Drummond, McCartney and Poole, 2019[8]) and is a contributor to Court of Session Practice edited by Lord Donald MacFadyen.[9]
References
- ^ "Lady Poole appointed President of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber". Judiciary of Scorland. 16 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ "Scottish Government appointment for Anna Poole is "testament to Axiom Advocates' expertise in Public Law"". Axiom Advocates. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Judicial appointment for Anna Poole QC". Scottish Legal News. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ "Judges of the Employment Appeal Tribunal". 22 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ "Diocesan Officials and Officers". Diocese of Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Fellows all ..." Faculty of Advocates. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Lady Poole Installed as New Judge". Judiciary of Scotland. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Drummond, Lorna; McCarthy, Frances; Poole, Anna (2019). A Practical Guide to Public Law Litigation in Scotland. W. Green. ISBN 9780414065239.
- ^ MacFadyen (ed), Donald James Dobbie, Lord. Court of Session Practice. Butterworths. ISBN 0406014892.
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