Joe Thomson

Scottish lawyer and academic

For other people named Joseph Thomson, see Joseph Thomson (disambiguation).

Joe Thomson

Born| (1948-05-06)6 May 1948

Campbeltown

Died| 12 May 2018(2018-05-12) (aged 70)
Nationality| Scottish
Alma mater| University of Edinburgh
Awards| Regius Chair of Law, Glasgow, FRSE
Scientific career
Fields| Legal scholar
Institutions| University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow, Scottish Law Commission

Joseph McGeachy Thomson FRSE (6 May 1948 – 12 May 2018[1]) was a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Scottish Law Commission.

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 2.1 Publications
* 3 References

## Early life[edit]

Thomson was born in Campbeltown and attended the independent Keil School in Dumbarton. He then studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated LLB in 1970[2] and was awarded the Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize as the outstanding LLB honours graduate.[3]

## Career[edit]

Following his graduation, Thomson was appointed lecturer at the University of Birmingham, moving in 1974 to King's College London.[2] In 1984, he became Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde, and in 1991 was appointed to the Regius Chair in Law at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow.[4] He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1996,[5] and was President of the Society of Public Teachers of Law (now the Society of Legal Scholars) in 2000–2001.[6] He was appointed to a five-year term on the Scottish Law Commission in 2000, and received a further four-year term in 2005, at which point he resigned from the Glasgow Chair. He was formerly editor of the Juridical Review,[5] the oldest Scottish legal journal.

### Publications[edit]

* Family Law in Scotland, 1987, 6th ed. 2011 ISBN 978-1847665607
* Delictual Liability, 1994, 4th ed. 2009 ISBN 978-1847663160
* Contract Law in Scotland (with Hector MacQueen), 2000, 3rd ed. 2012 ISBN 978-1847661630
* Scots Private Law, 2006 ISBN 978-0414016569
* Green's Annotated Acts: Damages (Scotland) Act 2011, 2012 ISBN 978-0414018877

## References[edit]

1. ^ Professor Joseph "Joe" Thomson
2. ^ a b "Joe Thomson". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
3. ^ "Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize Scholarship". Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
4. ^ "Joe Thomson" (PDF). University of Aberdeen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
5. ^ a b "Prof Joseph Thomson, FRSE". Retrieved 12 April 2012.
6. ^ Society of Legal Scholars (2012). Directory of Members, 2011/12. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. ix.

Academic offices

Preceded by

Professor David Walker

|  Regius Professor of Law,
University of Glasgow
1991-2005  | Succeeded by

Professor James Chalmers

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* Chancellor: Dame Katherine Grainger
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* 2011 Hetherington House Occupation
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* Archives of the University of Glasgow
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* Hunterian Museum
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* Marine Biological Station
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