David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead

The Right Honourable The Lord Hope of Craighead KT PC FRSE
Convenor of the Crossbench Peers
In office 28 September 2015 – September 2019
Preceded by	The Lord Laming
Succeeded by	The Lord Judge
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
In office 1 October 2009 – 26 June 2013
Nominated by	Jack Straw
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
President	The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	The Baroness Hale of Richmond
Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office 21 April 2009 – 1 October 2009
Preceded by	The Lord Hoffmann
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office 1 October 1996 – 1 October 2009
Preceded by	The Lord Keith of Kinkel
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Lord Justice General Lord President of the Court of Session
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	The Lord Emslie
Succeeded by	The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde
In office 1998–2013
Deputy	Sir Jim McDonald
Succeeded by	The Lord Smith of Kelvin
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 February 1995 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	James Arthur David Hope (1938-06-27) 27 June 1938 (age 86)
Nationality	British
Political party	Crossbencher
Spouse	Katharine Mary Kerr
Residence	Edinburgh
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge; University of Edinburgh
Profession	Advocate
Military service
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1957–59
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	Seaforth Highlanders

James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, KT, PC, FRSE (born 27 June 1938) is a retired Scottish judge who served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General, Scotland's most senior judge, and later as first Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 until his retirement in 2013. He had previously been the Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He is the Chief Justice of Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts.

He has published 5 volumes of his diaries, archived his papers at the National Library of Scotland, and been involved in numerous controversies. He continues in private practice as an arbitrator. His other appointments have included Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Convenor of the Crossbench peers in the House of Lords.