About Colin Mackay
Lived 1943 – 2026 (aged 82). Colin Mackay was a judge and barrister.
Sir Colin Crichton Mackay (26 September 1943 – 26 March 2026) was British judge and barrister. He was a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales from 2001 until his retirement in 2013.
Education Mackay attended the boys-only boarding school Radley College, then Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Legal career Mackay was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1967 and was made a bencher in 1995. and was appointed a Recorder in 1992. On 24 January 2001, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. Upon reaching the age of 70, Mackay retired from the judiciary.
In retirement, he was appointed a Surveillance Commissioner. He served in that role for a three-year term, between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2018.
Death Mackay died from complications of dementia on 26 March 2026, at the age of 82.
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Colin Mackay was born on 24 September 1943.
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Colin Mackay died on 26 March 2026.
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