Obituary: Prof Robert Rennie, much-admired academic and lawyer
Professor Robert Rennie: An appreciation PROFESSOR Robert Rennie’s death at the age of 73 on January 6 has created in academic circles and the practice of law a void which will be difficult to fill. He was one of a sadly declining number of academics with a knowledge of practice. In fact, he continued to work in private practice while fulfilling the demanding duties of being the Professor of Conveyancing at the University of Glasgow. Robert and I went to the University of Glasgow in 1964. He graduated 1967, but was awarded a prize in conveyancing—permitting him to pursue a Ph.D, gra...