LORD MACKAY of Ardbrecknish, a former Conservative minister, died yesterday after collapsing on his way to the House of Lords, only hours after taking part in a late-night sitting. Lord Mackay, 62, ...

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Leading political figures have paid tribute to former Conservative minister Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish, who has died at the age of 62. The former MP for Argyll and Bute suffered a heart attack on ...

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, who has died aged 72, was a tenacious and highly regarded civil and criminal lawyer who became Lord Advocate – Scotland’s senior law officer – in John Major’s government, and ...

THE former Lord Advocate, Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, has been appointed a judge just three weeks after The Herald ran a front-page story in which senior legal figures called for his elevation to the ...

A former Lord Chancellor says "Christians should not be forced to act against their beliefs by equality laws." Lord Mackay of Clashfern, who served as Lord Chancellor under both Margaret Thatcher and ...

The creation of a judicial appointments commission would lead to a judiciary that is not prepared to take risks to develop the law, former Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay warned this week. Giving evidence ...

Family, friends and colleagues of Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish gathered to pay their final respects to him on Wednesday. The former Conservative Government minister collapsed and died last week ...