William Cullen, Baron Cullen na Whitekirk

**William Douglas Cullen, Baron Cullen na Whitekirk** (an haife shi a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba 1935) tsohon babban memba ne na hukumar shari'a ta Scotland . Ya taɓa yin aiki a matsayin Babban Alkali na Kotun Zamantakewa, kuma ya kasance ƙarin Ubangijin Ɗaukaka Ƙara a Majalisar Dattawa kafin a mayar da ayyukanta na shari'a zuwa Kotun Ƙoli .

## Rayuwa ta farko
William Douglas Cullen ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Dundee da jami'o'in St Andrews da Edinburgh . An shigar da shi Kwalejin Masu Ba da Shawara a shekarar 1962 kuma ya kasance Babban Lauya ga Hukumar Kwastam da Hana Fitar da Majesty daga 1970 zuwa 1973. An nada shi Lauyan Sarauniya a 1973 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Wakili na Lauya daga 1978 zuwa 1981.  Daga 1984 zuwa 1986 Cullen ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar masu fafutukar kare muhalli ta Edinburgh mai tasiri a ƙungiyar Cockburn Association . 

## Aikin shari'a
Lord Cullen ya kasance shugaban Kotunan ɗaukaka ƙara na Lafiya daga 1977 har zuwa lokacin da aka naɗa shi alkali a 1985.  An naɗa shi Sanata na Kwalejin Shari'a, alkali na Babbar Kotun Shari'a da Kotun Zamantakewa, a matsayin **Lord Cullen** . Daga 1988 zuwa 1990 ya gudanar da Binciken Jama'a game da bala'in Piper Alpha  kuma a 1996 ya jagoranci Binciken Jama'a game da harbe-harben da aka yi a Makarantar Firamare ta Dunblane .   A watan Oktoba na 1999 aka naɗa shi shugaban Binciken Ladbroke Grove Railway .  Shi ne Magatakardar Shari'a kuma shugaban Sashe na Biyu na Majalisar Cikin Gida daga 1997 zuwa 2002, lokacin da aka naɗa shi Lord Justice Janar kuma Shugaban Kotun Zaman . 

A watan Maris na 2002, Lord Cullen ya jagoranci kotun alkalai 5 a Kotun Scotland da ke Netherlands, wadda ta saurari ƙarar da Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ya shigar, wadda ba ta yi nasara ba, kan hukuncin da aka yanke masa na kai harin bam a jirgin saman Pan Am Flight 103 na Lockerbie a shekarar 1988. 

A ranar 15 ga Yuli 2005, Lord Cullen ya sanar da niyyarsa ta yin ritaya a watan Nuwamba 2005. A ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, Shugaban Hukumar Scotland ya sanar da cewa Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, memba na Majalisar Dokoki ta Cikin Gida ta Kotun Zaman, zai gaje shi a matsayin sabon Alkali Janar na Kotun Zaman. 

## Daraja
A ranar 17 ga Yuni 2003, an naɗa Cullen a matsayin abokin rayuwa, kamar **Baron Cullen na Whitekirk**, *na Whitekirk a Gabashin Lothian* .  Ya zauna a matsayin memba na Majalisar Malamai har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a 2019.  Shi ma yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙarin Lords of Appeal guda biyar a Majalisar Malamai . A ranar 25 ga Yuni 2005, an zaɓe shi shugaban ƙungiyar Saltire Society, inda ya maye gurbin The Right Honourable The Lord Sutherland na Houndwood, KT  A ranar 30 ga Nuwamba 2007 aka sanar da cewa za a naɗa Lord Cullen a matsayin Knight of the Thistle .  Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta naɗa shi sarki a wani biki a Edinburgh a ranar 2 ga Yuli 2008.  A ranar 4 ga Satumba 2009 kuma an naɗa shi a hukumance a matsayin shugaban Jami'ar Abertay da ke Dundee, matsayin da ya riƙe tsawon shekaru goma.  A shekarar 1995 aka zaɓe shi a matsayin Babban Jami'in Daraja  na Kwalejin Injiniya ta Royal 

Cullen ya kuma sami digirin girmamawa na digirin digirgir daga Jami'ar Heriot-Watt a shekarar 1995 

An rantsar da shi a matsayin memba na Majalisar Sirri ta Burtaniya a shekarar 1997.