Solicitor and advocate appointed to SCCRC

Solicitor Gillian Mawdsley and advocate Jacqueline Fordyce have been appointed as members of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Gillian Mawdsley's experience spans private and public sector coupled with teaching at various universities. She has worked for a number of Scottish criminal justice organisations including secondment to Scottish Government, and is currently a policy executive at the Law Society of Scotland. She has a firm grounding in governance and accountability which from committee experience can support the SCCRC in its role.

Jacqueline Fordyce was called to the bar in 2016, having previously practised as a litigation solicitor in Edinburgh. She is a former law clerk to the Lord Justice Clerk, and visiting professional in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. She has governance experience as a past council member of the WS Society, a council member of the Stair Society, and a board member of the Howard League for Penal Reform in Scotland, and appellate case management experience as registrar of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) in Scotland.

These appointments will be for four years from 1 July 2021 until 30 June 2025.