Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd na Duncansby

**Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd na Duncansby**, PC (an haife shi a ranar 7 ga Yuni 1953) tsohon alkali ne ɗan Scotland wanda Sanata ne na Kwalejin Shari'a daga Yuni 2012 zuwa Yuni 2024. Ya kasance Lord Advocate na Scotland daga 24 ga Fabrairu 2000 har zuwa murabus ɗinsa a ranar 4 ga Oktoba 2006.  A ranar 11 ga Afrilu 2006, Downing Street ta sanar da cewa Colin Boyd zai hau kujera a matsayin abokin aiki na dindindin ;  duk da haka, ya karɓi ragamar shugabancin Labour bayan ya yi murabus a matsayin Lord Advocate .  An gabatar da shi a hukumance a Majalisar Iyaye a ranar 3 ga Yuli 2006.  A ranar da aka zaɓi shugaban SNP Alex Salmond a matsayin Ministan Farko na Scotland (16 ga Mayu 2007), an ruwaito cewa Boyd zai bar Scottish Bar don zama mai ba da shawara na ɗan lokaci tare da lauyoyin gwamnati Dundas & Wilson . Ya shaida wa *[[Glasgow Herald]]* cewa, "Wannan shi ne karo na farko. Ban yi tsammanin wani mai kare hakkin jama'a ya taɓa yin haka ba—ya bar Lauyan ya zama lauya."

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwar farko da aikin shari'a
An ɗauko taken Lord Boyd daga Duncansby Head a cikin littafin Caithness – wurin da aka fi so don fita da iyali lokacin da yake yaro yana zaune a Wick . Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Wick da Kwalejin George Watson, Edinburgh, kuma ya kammala karatun digiri na BA (Econ) daga Jami'ar Manchester a fannin siyasa da tattalin arziki, da kuma LLB daga Jami'ar Edinburgh . Ya kasance lauya a fannin aiki na sirri kafin a kira shi zuwa Lauyan Scotland a 1983. Boyd ya kasance Wakili na Lauya daga 1993 zuwa 1995 kuma ya ɗauki Silk a matsayin Lauyan Sarauniya a 1995. Shi ma'aikacin shari'a ne na Cibiyar Tsara Garin Royal . A matsayinsa na mai kare hakkin jama'a, ya gina wata ƙungiya a fannin shari'a.

### Aikin siyasa
A matsayinsa na ɗalibi a jami'a, ya shiga Jam'iyyar Labour amma ya koma Jam'iyyar Labour ta Scotland wadda ta balle, inda ya raba wa wanda ya kafa SLP Jim Sillars rashin amincewar babbar Jam'iyyar Labour don cimma burinta na raba iko. Boyd ya tsaya takarar dan majalisar dokoki na SLP a babban zaɓen 1979 a mazabar Edinburgh ta Tsakiya, amma ya samu ƙuri'u 176 kacal. Lokacin da SLP ta wargaje, bayan gazawarta wajen yin tasiri a wannan zaɓen, ya yanke shawarar komawa Jam'iyyar Labour maimakon bin Sillars zuwa Jam'iyyar National Scottish . Bayan zaɓen 1997, an naɗa shi Lauya Janar na Scotland . An ɗaukaka shi zuwa Lord Advocate a 2000 bayan an naɗa Andrew Hardie a kan kujera. An naɗa shi a matsayin Mai Ba da Shawara na Sirri a 2000.

### Peerage
Bayan sanarwar da aka bayar a ranar 11 ga Afrilu, 2006 game da nadin Boyd a Majalisar Dattawa, nadinsa na ɗan takarar gwamna ya zama abin tattaunawa a tsakanin 'yan siyasa na Scotland. 'Yan siyasan adawa sun ce wani ɗan takarar gwamna ya siyasantar da shugaban sashen shari'a.  Boyd ya kare nadin:Ina ci gaba da jajircewa kan cikakken aikin Lord Advocate, ina jagorantar Ofishin Crown da kuma Hukumar Kula da Kuɗi ta Procurator, da kuma duba shirin gyara da na fara shekaru huɗu da suka gabata. Naɗin zama a Majalisar Lords wani ƙarin aiki ne na halitta na Lord Advocate da kuma ci gaba wanda zai ba ni damar wakiltar muradun Scotland a gida da kuma a matakin Burtaniya.A watan Disamba na 2006, bayan Elish Angiolini ya maye gurbin Boyd a matsayin Lord Advocate, 'Yan sandan Metropolitan sun yi wa Ministan Farko Jack McConnell tambayoyi game da nadin Boyd da ya yi a matsayin pearage. McConnell ya ce ya "yi takaici" kan abin da ya dauka a matsayin "naɗin da aka saba da shi" wanda ya shiga cikin binciken Scotland Yard . 

### Gwajin Lockerbie
Lord Boyd na Duncansby a matsayin Lord Advocate ya jagoranci masu gabatar da kara a shari'ar bam ɗin jirgin saman Pan Am Flight 103 tsakanin Mayu 2000 da Janairu 2001. Daga cikin waɗanda ake tuhuma guda biyu, an wanke ɗaya - Fhimah - ɗayan kuma - Megrahi - a ranar 31 ga Janairu 2001 bisa laifuka 270 na kisan kai, kuma an yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru 27 a gidan yari. Ana ci gaba da cece-kuce game da hukuncin Megrahi duk da kin amincewa da ƙararsa a ranar 14 ga Maris 2002. An yi shakku kan shaidar da aka gabatar a shari'ar kuma an bayyana shakku game da amincin shaidun da ke gabatar da ƙara da dama. A cewar jaridar *The Sunday Times* ta ranar 23 ga Oktoba 2005, tsohon Lord Advocate Lord Fraser na Carmyllie ya bayyana ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan shaidun a matsayin "ba cikakken shilling ba" da kuma "rabin apple na pikinik". Boyd ya buƙaci Lord Fraser ya fitar da sanarwa a bainar jama'a don fayyace abin da ya faɗa game da wannan shaida, da kuma abin da yake nufi da waɗannan kalaman.

### Cece-kucen zanen yatsa
A watan Fabrairun 2006, an shigar da Boyd cikin takaddamar sawun yatsan ɗan sanda mai bincike Shirley McKie, lokacin da aka ba ta diyya ta fam 750,000 a wani sulhu a wajen kotu. A matsayinta na Lauya Janar, Boyd ita ce ke da alhakin gurfanar da DC McKie bayan ta musanta zargin da jami'an tsaron sawun yatsa na Scotland ( SCRO ) suka yi mata cewa ta bar sawun yatsanta a wurin kisan kai a watan Janairun 1997. An kama McKie a watan Maris na 1998, an tuhume ta da laifin yin rantsuwar karya amma a shari'arta a watan Mayun 1999 an yi watsi da shaidar sawun yatsan SCRO, kuma an wanke ta.

An naɗa wani babban jami'in 'yan sanda na Scotland, James Mackay QPM, a watan Yunin 2000 ta Ofishin Masarautar Burtaniya don ya binciki lamarin. Rahoton wucin gadi na Mackay a watan Agustan 2000 ya nuna cewa shaidar da ma'aikatan SCRO huɗu suka bayar a kotu ta nuna cewa 'maguɗin gama gari ne da haɗin gwiwa'. Sakamakon haka, SCRO ta dakatar da jami'an sawun yatsa huɗu nan take, kuma an sanar da ministocin Scotland. Rahoton sirri na ƙarshe na Mackay ya kasance a ɓoye har sai da aka buga wasu bayanai a jaridar *Scotsman* a watan Fabrairun 2006. Mackay ya kammala da cewa 'ɓoye da aikata laifuka' sun faru a SCRO kuma ya ba da shawarar a gurfanar da jami'an sawun yatsa huɗu. Duk da haka, *ɗan Scotland* ya kuma bayyana cewa Boyd ya yanke shawara a watan Satumba na 2001 ba zai ɗauki mataki ba don mayar da martani ga shawarar Mackay, kuma an mayar da jami'an SCRO huɗu.

A watan Yunin 2007, wannan jaridar ta yi tambayoyi kan yadda shawarar Boyd na kin gurfanar da ma'aikatan SCRO a kaka ta 2000 ta shafi shari'ar bama-bamai ta jirgin sama na Pan Am Flight 103 da ake yi a wancan lokacin, inda yake jagorantar masu gabatar da kara. Da idanun duniya suka mayar da hankali kan tsarin shari'ar Scotland, da hakan zai iya kawo cikas ga shari'ar Crown ta sa a binciki SCRO kuma a gurfanar da kwararrun sawun yatsanta saboda boye laifuka.  Tsohon mai fafutukar kare hakkin Lockerbie kuma dan majalisar Labour mai ritaya Tam Dalyell ya nemi Boyd ya 'yi la'akari da matsayinsa', yayin da Michael Russell MSP ya dage cewa Boyd ba zai iya ci gaba da zama Lord Advocate ba. 

Magajin Boyd a matsayin Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini, ya amince ya bayyana a gaban binciken zanen yatsa wanda aka fara a ranar 2 ga Yuni 2009. 

### Kwalejin Shari'a
A ranar 1 ga Yuni 2012, an sanar da cewa za a nada Boyd a matsayin Sanata na Kwalejin Shari'a .  A ranar 7 ga Disamba 2021, an sanar da cewa za a nada Boyd a Majalisar Dokoki ta Cikin Gida ta Kotun Zamantakewa daga ranar 5 ga Janairu 2022.  Ya yi ritaya a shekarar 2024. 

## Littattafai
Boyd ya bayar da gudummawa ga wani littafi mai suna *The Legal Aspects of Devolution* wanda aka buga jim kaɗan kafin babban zaɓen 1997.

## Manazarta