Her Majesty The Queen has appointed 11 sheriffs and three summary sheriffs on the recommendation of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Gerard Bonnar, Brian Cameron, Gerard Considine, Robert Frazer, Gordon Lamont, Kenneth Campbell, Douglas Keir, Anthony McGlennan, Linda Nicolson, Alison McKay, and Keith Peter O’Mahony have all been appointed to the office of sheriff.

Neil Bowie, Siobhan Connelly and Adrian Fraser have been appointed to the new judicial office of summary sheriff.

The new judicial office of summary sheriff was created by the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 to deal with some types of civil and criminal cases in the sheriff court.

For information about each of the new appointees and which sheriffdom they have been appointed to, visit the Judiciary of Scotland website here.