Matthew Clarke, Lord Clarke

Matthew Gerard Clarke, Lord Clarke, PC was a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session.

Early life Matthew Gerard Clarke was educated at Holy Cross High School Hamilton, and studied at the University of Glasgow (M.A., LL.B.). He was admitted as a solicitor in 1972, and lectured in the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh from 1972 to 1978, when he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Home and Health Department from 1983 to 1989, in which year he was appointed Queen's Counsel. He served as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey from 1995 to 2000. Lord Clarke was principal commercial judge in the Court of Session before being promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2008, being at the time sworn to the Privy Council.