Lord of Council and Session

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Scottish judicial office judicial title

Lord of Council and Session is a senior judicial title in Scotland’s supreme civil court, the Court of Session, held by judges who serve as Senators of the College of Justice.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lord of Session	9
Lord of Council and Session canonical	4
Lords of Council and Session (various holders)	1
Ordinary Lord of Session	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8133468 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lord of Council and Session
Context triple: [Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, positionHeld, Lord of Council and Session]

A. Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is a senior UK government minister who presides over the Privy Council and often holds additional high-ranking Cabinet responsibilities.
B. Lord of Parliament
Lord of Parliament is the lowest rank of the Scottish peerage, equivalent to an English baron and historically granting the holder a seat in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland.
C. Lord President of the High Council
The Lord President of the High Council is the highest political authority on Gallifrey in the Doctor Who universe, overseeing the Time Lords and their governance.
D. Privy Councillor
A Privy Councillor was a senior advisor to the emperor in Japan’s prewar government, serving on the Privy Council to review and counsel on important state matters and legislation.
E. Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland
The Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland was the monarch’s personal representative who presided over meetings of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament and conveyed royal authority and assent.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lord of Council and Session
Target entity description: Lord of Council and Session is a senior judicial title in Scotland’s supreme civil court, the Court of Session, held by judges who serve as Senators of the College of Justice.

A. Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is a senior UK government minister who presides over the Privy Council and often holds additional high-ranking Cabinet responsibilities.
B. Lord of Parliament
Lord of Parliament is the lowest rank of the Scottish peerage, equivalent to an English baron and historically granting the holder a seat in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland.
C. Lord President of the High Council
The Lord President of the High Council is the highest political authority on Gallifrey in the Doctor Who universe, overseeing the Time Lords and their governance.
D. Privy Councillor
A Privy Councillor was a senior advisor to the emperor in Japan’s prewar government, serving on the Privy Council to review and counsel on important state matters and legislation.
E. Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland
The Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland was the monarch’s personal representative who presided over meetings of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament and conveyed royal authority and assent.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish judicial office ⓘ judicial title ⓘ
alsoCalled	Lord of Session ⓘ linked to: Lord of Council and Session Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ linked to: Senators of the College of Justice
appliesToJurisdiction	Court of Session ⓘ supreme civil court of Scotland ⓘ linked to: Supreme Courts of Scotland
appointedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: British monarch
appointmentOnAdviceOf	First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
belongsToLegalTradition	civil law influenced mixed system ⓘ
building	Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
compulsoryRetirementAge	70 years (subject to statutory change) ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
court	Inner House of the Court of Session ⓘ linked to: Court of Session Outer House Outer House of the Court of Session ⓘ linked to: Court of Session Outer House
field	civil law ⓘ commercial law ⓘ judicial review ⓘ public law ⓘ
governedBy	Court of Session Act 1988 ⓘ
governs	interpretation of Scots civil law ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	civil appeals in Scotland ⓘ first‑instance civil cases in Scotland ⓘ
hasCollectiveBody	Senators of the College of Justice ⓘ
hasRole	case management in complex civil litigation ⓘ hearing appeals from the Sheriff Appeal Court ⓘ issuing written judicial opinions ⓘ
heldBy	Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
historicalOrigin	16th century Scottish judiciary ⓘ
isPartOf	Scottish Courts and Tribunals Judiciary ⓘ linked to: Judiciary of Scotland
jurisdictionType	civil jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
legalSystem	Scots law ⓘ linked to: Scots law (to a limited extent)
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ
memberOf	College of Justice ⓘ
officeHolderStyle	Lady ⓘ Lord ⓘ
partOf	College of Justice ⓘ
rank	senior judge ⓘ
relatedInstitution	High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
relatedPosition	Lord Commissioner of Justiciary ⓘ
requires	legal qualification as advocate or solicitor ⓘ substantial legal experience ⓘ
supervises	procedure in the Court of Session ⓘ
termLength	until compulsory retirement age ⓘ
usesHonorific	The Honourable ⓘ

How these facts were elicited