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He was a friend of [[John Smith]] and they worked together on Devolution legislation in the Labour Government of 1974 -1979. He has written books on Human Rights and on Criminal Appeals in Scotland.
 
He was a friend of [[John Smith]] and they worked together on Devolution legislation in the Labour Government of 1974 -1979. He has written books on Human Rights and on Criminal Appeals in Scotland.
  
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==Affiliations==
 
He was Chairman of the [[John Smith Memorial Trust]] from 1997 -2004.[http://www.johnsmithmemorialtrust.org/web/site/home/AboutUs/Trustees/LordMcCluskey.asp]
 
He was Chairman of the [[John Smith Memorial Trust]] from 1997 -2004.[http://www.johnsmithmemorialtrust.org/web/site/home/AboutUs/Trustees/LordMcCluskey.asp]
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*Member of the [[International Bar Association]] (an international association of lawyers including judges)
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*Member of [[Age Concern]], Scotland{{ref|reg}}
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==Notes==
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{{note|reg}} Lord McCluskey [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg16.htm Register of Interests]]

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Lord McCluskey graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1950 and LL.B in 1952. He is a patron of the Scottish North American Business Council.

After service in the Royal Air Force, he was admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1955. He became a Q.C in 1967 and was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1974. He became a life peer in 1976 and a judge in 1984.

He was a friend of John Smith and they worked together on Devolution legislation in the Labour Government of 1974 -1979. He has written books on Human Rights and on Criminal Appeals in Scotland.

Affiliations

He was Chairman of the John Smith Memorial Trust from 1997 -2004.[1]

Notes

^ Lord McCluskey Register of Interests]