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Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie is a Scottish lawyer and politician who has served as Advocate General for Scotland since May 2015. He was born on 29 March 1954 in Sussex, England. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with an MA in Law in 1975. He was called to the Bar of Scotland in 1977 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1991.
Keen was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours and was created a life peer as Baron Keen of Elie, of Elie in the County of Fife, on 28 June 2006. He was appointed Advocate General for Scotland in May 2015.
Keen is married to Lady Keen, a former Lord Advocate of Scotland. They have two children.
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Richard Sanderson Keen |
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70 years old |
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Aries |
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29 March 1954 |
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29 March |
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Sussex |
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Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie's Wife?
His wife is Jane Anderson
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Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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He has regularly appeared in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. In 2016 he appeared for the United Kingdom Government in the R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union ("Article 50 case") where he successfully argued that there was no constitutional requirement for the devolved administrations to consent to Brexit.
He was appointed the Advocate General for Scotland on 29 May 2015, and stepped down as chair of the Scottish Conservative Party. In May 2016 he was also appointed Lords Minister for the Ministry of Justice with policy responsibility for civil justice in England and Wales and regulation and promotion of the legal profession in England and Wales. In September 2017 he was appointed Minister for the Crown Dependencies.
Keen was created a Life Peer on 8 June 2015 taking the title Baron Keen of Elie, of Elie in Fife. On 15 November 2017 Lord Keen was sworn as a Member of the Privy Council.
He defended Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah at the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, with Fhimah being acquitted of all charges. In 2007, he represented Henri Paul's family at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Keen was elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates (leader of the Scottish Bar) in 2007. He remained Dean until January 2014 when he resigned to become chair of the Scottish Conservative Party.
Keen is married to Jane Carolyn Anderson and has two children, a son and a daughter. His interests include golf, skiing, shooting and opera. He is a member of the New Club; the Beefsteak; The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield; The Royal & Ancient at St Andrews and the Golf House Club, Elie. He was reported to be one of the highest earners in Scotland, being featured on a list of the top 100 earners in 2003. He is a collector of classic cars.
Keen served as standing junior counsel in Scotland to the Department of Trade and Industry from 1986–93. He specialises in commercial law, property law and administrative law. He is also a member of Blackstone Chambers in Middle Temple, London.
Keen was educated at The King's School, Rochester and Dollar Academy, and graduated LLB (with Honours) in law from the University of Edinburgh in 1976, where he was a Beckman scholar. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1980 and took silk (QC) in 1993. He was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 2009 and elected a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2011.
Richard Sanderson Keen, Baron Keen of Elie QC PC (born 29 March 1954) is a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician. He has been Advocate General for Scotland since May 2015.
