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Lord Rodger of Earlsferry

Scottish lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court;

Born September 18, 1944; Died June 26, 2011.

LORD Rodger of Earlsferry, who has died aged 66, was one of the leading Scottish lawyers of his generation, serving as Lord Advocate and Lord President in Edinburgh, as well as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in London. From 2009 until his death, he was one of two Scottish Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.