Sheriff Pino Di Emidio appointed as director of the Judicial Institute

Sheriff Di Emidio will take up the post on 1 April 2022 for a period of three years.

He replaces Sheriff Alistair Duff, who retired on December 1 last year and was charged with unknown offences and reported to the procurator fiscal last month.

Sheriff Di Emidio is a floating sheriff in the sheriffdom of Tayside Central and Fife. He was appointed as a sheriff in 2014, having had a part time appointment within the Scottish tribunal judiciary from 2012 to 2014. He also sits in the Upper Tribunal for Scotland dealing with cases from the Housing and Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland.

He was a solicitor from 1981 to 1993 and became an Advocate in 1994. From 2005 to 2009 he was Director of Training and Education at the Faculty of Advocates.

Sheriff Susan Craig, interim director of the Judicial Institute, said: “I am delighted that Pino is joining the Judicial Institute where he will find a warm welcome from a wonderful team who support our critical work.

“I am sure he will bring a wealth of experience and help the continuing development of our internationally recognised suite of resources. Having been at the institute for over four and a half years I have decided the time is right to for me to return to the Bench and am very pleased that the JI will be in such safe hands.”