05a. Carrick Pursuivant
BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Sable two griffins passant within an orle of rope in two parts interlaced wavy of five fesswise Or.
Professor Gillian Black was appointed as Carrick Pursuivant on 1 August 2024. Previously Professor Black was Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary
She is Professor of Scots Private Law at the University of Edinburgh and a Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission. After qualifying as a solicitor in 2002, she became a lecturer at Edinburgh Law School in 2005. In 2009 Professor Black completed her PhD on “Publicity Rights in Scots Law”.
Professor Black is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and she remains on the non-practicing roll of the Law Society of Scotland.
The most recent previous holder of this office was Sheriff George Way of Plean.
The artwork is a rendering by John Hamilton Gaylor.
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