More than twenty summary sheriffs appointed in largest ever judicial recruitment round
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More than twenty summary sheriffs have been appointed to a role created as part of major reform of Scotland’s courts.
The new judicial office of summary sheriff was created to deal with some types of civil and criminal cases in the sheriff court.
The 21 new sheriffs, who join the first ever 15 summary sheriffs appointed last year, will take up office in March.
The appointments are as follows:
Summary sheriffs appointed to the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, sitting at Glasgow Sheriff Court, are: Shona Gilroy, Gerard Bonnar, Barry Divers and Diana McConnell.
Summary sheriffs appointed to the Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders, based between Edinburgh and Livingston are: John Cook, Adrian Cottam, Peter McCormack and John MacRitchie.
Summary sheriffs appointed to the Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde are: John Hamilton QC, Michael Hanlon, Craig Harris, Daniel Kelly and Moira McKenzie.
Summary sheriffs appointed to the Sheriffdom of Tayside Central and Fife are: Alison McKay, Jillian Martin-Brown, James MacDonald, John Rafferty and Derek Reekie.
Summary sheriffs appointed to the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, based at Hamilton Sheriff Court, are: Ross Macfarlane QC and Linda Nicolson.
Eilidh MacDonald has been appointed as a summary sheriff for the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands based at Peterhead Sheriff Court.
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