John Alastair Cameron, Lord Abernethy, PC (born 1 February 1938) is a Scottish lawyer, and a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts, serving from 1992 to 2007, when he retired.
He was a member of the English Bar before moving to the Scottish Faculty of Advocates, where he served as vice-dean from 1983 to 1992.
[1][2][3] Cameron was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1963, but moved to the Faculty of Advocates in 1966.
He was elected Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in 1983, serving until his appointment to the Bench.
[3] He was vice-chairman of the Judges' Forum of the International Bar Association from 1993 to 1994, and chairman from 1994 to 1998.