Lord Brand | |
|---|---|
| Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland | |
| In office 1990–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Lord Mackenzie Stuart |
| Succeeded by | Lord Marnoch |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David William Robert Brand |
David William Robert Brand, Lord Brand (21 October 1923 – 14 April 1996) was a British lawyer and judge. He had a conservative outlook on life, and as a judge he had a reputation for both speedy decisions and severe sentences.[1]
His university education was interrupted by service in the British Army during World War II. He then became an advocate, and after a career as a prosecutor, he was a sheriff in southern Scotland from 1968 to 1970. He was Solicitor-General for Scotland from 1970 to 1972, and then served from 1972 to 1989 as a Senator of the College of Justice. In 1994, he was briefly an appellate judge in Botswana.