Sheriff Crowe joined the FJSS Group Board in August 2019 as secretary and his background in the legal profession brings vast legal expertise to the organisation’s legal team. 

Sheriff Crowe, who is now semi-retired from the courts where he still works on a limited caseload across two sheriff courts in Edinburgh and Livingston, had a long legal career and civil service stint. He worked for many years as a Crown Agent, civil servant, and solicitor where he gained extensive experience in legal and judicial matters specialising in criminal and extradition cases. Sheriff Crowe also worked with the Judicial Institute for Scotland and has examined legal practice diploma students for the University of Edinburgh. 

He lives in Edinburgh with his partner Lady Scott a senior high court judge, and they have grown up children and grandchildren.