Sheriff Principal Marysia Lewis paid tribute to the outgoing sheriff while the Society of Procurators and Solicitors in the City and County of Perth also thanked him for his tenure.

Sheriff Foulis was educated at the High School of Dundee and Edinburgh University, from which he graduated LLB in 1978. He was a solicitor in private practice until he was appointed a floating sheriff based in Perth in June 2000. In 2001 he became resident sheriff.

He was made an honorary professor in Scots law at Dundee University in December 2001.