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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

References

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/prof-john-henderson-sinclair-emeritus-professor-strathclyde-university-1-771068 |title=Prof John Henderson Sinclair, Emeritus Professor, Strathclyde University |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=6 December 2009 |accessdate=16 October 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/News/1007241.aspx |title=Death of conveyancing professor John Sinclair|journal=The Journal of The Law Society Of Scotland |date=12 December 2009 |accessdate=16 October 2013}}
3. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/prof-john-sinclair-academic-1.990280 |title=Prof John Sinclair; academic |newspaper=The Herald (Glasgow) |date=6 December 2009 |accessdate=16 October 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.firmmagazine.com/from-small-acorns/ |title=From small acorns |magazine=The Firm Magazine |date= |accessdate=17 October 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017181415/http://www.firmmagazine.com/from-small-acorns/ |archivedate=17 October 2013 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.propertymall.com/profile/5936 |title=University of Strathclyde (Glasgow Graduate School of Law) |website=www.propertymall.com |date= |accessdate=16 October 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706101015/http://www.propertymall.com/profile/5936 |archivedate=6 July 2008 |df= }}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.firmmagazine.com/dear-john/ |title=Dear John |magazine=The Firm Magazine |date= |accessdate=17 October 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017164241/http://www.firmmagazine.com/dear-john/ |archivedate=17 October 2013 |df= }}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/law-school-alliance-ends-in-spite-of-merger-speculation-in-glasgow/406300.article |title=Law school alliance ends in spite of merger speculation in Glasgow |magazine=Times Higher Education |date=30 April 2009 |accessdate=16 October 2013}}
8. ^¹²{{cite web |url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/55-2/1007584.aspx |title=Appreciation: John Sinclair |journal=The Journal of The Law Society of Scotland |date=15 February 2010 |accessdate=16 October 2013}}