April 2008, Beckett was appointed a floating sheriff, an office enabling him to sit where required throughout Scotland's six sheriffdoms, although he sat primarily in the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin at Glasgow. Judge In May 2016, Beckett was appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was installed as a judge on 17 May 2016, taking the judicial title Lord Beckett. See also Scots law Courts of Scotland References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Solicitors General for Scotland Deans of the Faculty of Advocates People educated at Broughton High School, Edinburgh People from Crawley Scottish King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel Scottish sheriffs Scottish solicitors Senators of the College of Justice 21st-century Scottish lawyers