Sean Smith, Lord Harrower
# Sean Smith, Lord Harrower

Sean Smith, Lord Harrower is a Scottish judge who has been a Senator of the College of Justice since February 2020.

## Career

Harrower was educated at Flora Stevenson's and at Broughton High School, Edinburgh. He was a fellow and lecturer in law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge between 1991 and 1996. He graduated from the University of Glasgow becoming an Advocate at the Faculty of Advocates in 1999. At the Bar, he specialised in tax and related matters. He was, at various times, Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government, HM Revenue and Customs and the Officer of the Advocate General for Scotland. He became a Queen's Counsel in 2012 and continued his practice in revenue matters, but also spent two years as an Advocate Depute from 2017 until 2019. He appeared for the Procurator Fiscal in the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash

On 21 November 2019, it was announced that he would be appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice. In February 2020, he was installed as a Senator of the College of Justice taking the judicial title of Lord Harrower in honour of his late mother.

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| Preceded by | Senator of the College of Justice 2020-present | Incumbent |
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