Derek Ogg

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Derek Ogg QC is a Scottish lawyer.

Derek is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh.[1][2] From 2007 to 2011 he worked for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service as a senior Advocate Depute (prosecuting counsel). From 2011 onwards he has mainly worked as a defence advocate.[1]

He is openly gay, and was a vocal supporter of Scottish Government plans to legalise same-sex marriage.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 http://www.blackchambers.co.uk/index.php/advocates/senior-counsel/derek-ogg-qc/ (dead link)
  2. http://www.mackinnonadvocates.co.uk/counsel/derek-ogg-qc.aspx
  3. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2011/12/09/top-lawyer-derek-ogg-tells-why-he-backs-plans-to-legalise-gay-marriage-86908-23621127/