Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale

Alastair Peter Campbell, Lord Bracadale (born 18 September 1949) is a retired senior Scottish judge.

Early life Campbell was born on 18 September 1949 in Skye, Scotland, to Rev. Donald Campbell and Margaret Campbell. His family moved to Edinburgh when he was two years old, where he was brought up. He was educated at George Watson's College, and took an MA at the University of Aberdeen. and entered the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service as a prosecutor. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1985, The second case was the retrial of Nat Fraser for the murder of Arlene Fraser, his wife, following the quashing of his original conviction as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Fraser v HM Advocate. This too was filmed, and the resultant two-hour documentary The Murder Trial (shown on Channel 4 on 9 July 2013) included interviews with participants, including Lord Bracadale.

Bracadale took up an appointment to the Inner House on 1 March 2013. He has consequently been appointed, by Her Majesty the Queen, to the Privy Council. He retired as a judge in 2017.

In 2020 he was appointed as chair of the public inquiry into the death of Shekou Bayoh, which as at September 2025 has still not reported its findings. On 21 October 2025, he resigned his position, stating that parties had lost confidence in him after the Scottish Police Federation had previously moved for a Judicial Review against Bracadale.

Portrayal in popular culture Campbell appears as a character in the British television drama series The Bombing of Pan Am 103. He is played by Alastair Mackenzie.