Director of Justice

Neil Rennick

Contact

Address

Director of Justice
The Scottish Government
St. Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

Email
ceu@gov.scot

Neil Rennick has been Director of Justice since April 2014.

Responsibilities

The Director of Justice is responsible for civil and criminal law, courts and legal services, rehabilitation of offenders and support for victims and witnesses of crime.

Biography

Prior to this, Neil was Deputy Director of Criminal Law and Licensing Division.

He was previously Executive Director of Strategy and Infrastructure for the Scottish Court Service (SCS). Before joining the SCS he worked in a variety of roles within the Civil Service, including as private secretary to the Permanent Secretary and Head of Public Bodies Division.

He studied at the University of Glasgow and is also co-chair of the Justice Board for Scotland.

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