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Biography
Sir Colin Crichton Mackay (born 26 September 1943) is a former British judge and barrister. He was a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales from 2001 until his retirement in 2013.
Education
Mackay attended the boys-only boarding school Radley College, then Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Legal career
Mackay was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1967 and was made a bencher in 1995. Mackay became a Queen's Counsel in 1998, and was appointed a Recorder in 1992. On 24 January 2001, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. Upon reaching the age of 70, Mackay retired from the judiciary.
In retirement, he was appointed a Surveillance Commissioner. He will serve in that role for a three-year term, between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2018.