He was born in the Gorbals and left Govan High School as dux.
Alfred Phillips, who has died aged 88, was a central figure in the Scottish legal profession, renowned as a practitioner, journal editor, writer and university lecturer, and admired both professionally and in private life as a man of exceptional intelligence, integrity, intellectual curiosity and warmth.
He was born in the Gorbals and left Govan High School as dux.