John Henderson Sinclair

John Henderson Sinclair (5 November 1935 – 8 November 2009) was emeritus professor of conveyancing at the University of Strathclyde and the first director of the Glasgow Graduate School of Law in Glasgow, Scotland.[1][2]

Education

John Henderson Sinclair was born in Glasgow and educated at Craigholme School, Glasgow Academy and Strathallan School in Perthshire.[3] He graduated with a BA from Queen's University Belfast and with an LLB from the University of Glasgow.[3]

Career

Following university Sinclair practised as a solicitor with Leslie Wolfson & Co and then privately.[1] In 1970 he was appointed as a lecturer in conveyancing at the University of Strathclyde.[1] Sinclair was appointed the first director of the Diploma in Legal Practice at the university in 1981.[1] From 1983 to 1993 he was clerk, treasurer and fiscal of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, becoming an honorary member of the faculty in 1997.[1]

In 1992 Sinclair was appointed the first professor of conveyancing at the University of Strathclyde.[1] He was also appointed the first director of the Glasgow Graduate School of Law in 1996.[1][4] (Glasgow Graduate School of Law was a combined effort between the University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow to provide further education for both graduates and professionals.[5][6] The collaboration between the two universities ended in 2011.)[7]

For thirty years Sinclair was the editor of the Memorandum Book (the Wee Red Book), published by the Scottish Law Agents Society.[8] Sinclair was also the author of the Handbook of Conveyancing Practice in Scotland, now in its sixth edition.[8] In 2002 he was appointed emeritus professor of conveyancing by the University of Strathclyde.[8]

Publications
  • John H Sinclair; Euan Sinclair; Ann Stewart (2011). Conveyancing Practice in Scotland (6th edition). A&C Black. ISBN 184766881X.
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References
  1. "Prof John Henderson Sinclair, Emeritus Professor, Strathclyde University". The Scotsman. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. "Death of conveyancing professor John Sinclair". The Journal of The Law Society Of Scotland. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. "Prof John Sinclair; academic". The Herald (Glasgow). 6 December 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  4. "From small acorns". The Firm Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  5. "University of Strathclyde (Glasgow Graduate School of Law)". www.propertymall.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  6. "Dear John". The Firm Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. "Law school alliance ends in spite of merger speculation in Glasgow". Times Higher Education. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  8. "Appreciation: John Sinclair". The Journal of The Law Society of Scotland. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
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