Judge and former Solicitor General;

Born: November 8, 1925; Died: June 21, 2012.

WILLIAM Stewart, Lord Allanbridge, who has died aged 86, was one of Scotland's most senior judges and a former Solicitor General for Scotland appointed by Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath. As a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, his name was regularly in the newspapers as an appeals judge during high-profile cases.

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