Ronald Mackay

Ronald David Mackay, Lord Eassie, (born 1945) is a Scottish lawyer and retired judge of the country's Supreme Courts, sitting in the Inner House of the Court of Session.

Education Mackay was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns, Scotland, Mackay was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1986, serving as a prosecutor in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service until 1990. He was a reappointed to a second three-year term in August 2005.

Lord Eassie resigned his position on the Law Commission in order to serve on the Inner House of the Court of Session. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 19 October 2006. He retired from the bench in 2015, and in 2016 became a trustee of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

Selected publications Discussion paper on rape and other sexual Offences, Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper, Stationery Office, Discussion Paper On Land Registration Void And Voidable Titles, Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper, Stationery Office, 16 February 2004, Report On Registration Of Rights In Security By Companies, Scottish Law Commission Report #197, Stationery Office, September 8, 2004,

Personal life In 1988, he married Annette Frenkel, with whom he has one son, Colin. He is a member of the New Club.