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The local registrar's office moved from County Buildings to Lerwick Town Hall in February 2015. [11] The building continues to serve as the venue for sheriff court hearings in the area, [12] although, due to staffing issues with the escort services, hearings involving juries were moved to the mainland in July 2023. [13] [14]
At the fatal accident inquiry at Lerwick Sheriff Court in August 1999, Sheriff Colin Scott Mackenzie concluded that "unnecessary and cumulative delays by the captain and 14 crew of the Bahamian-registered ship were largely to blame for Mr Deacon's death". [11] In 2005, a new shore facility was opened at the Old Tolbooth. [12]
A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to £100,000, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.
Nine Long Islanders were arraigned in court on Thursday in connection to the horrific kidnapping and abuse of a 14-year-old girl following a scathing 75-count grand jury indictment accusing them ...
Man appears in court on murder charge. February 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM ... A 31-year-old man has appeared in private at Jedburgh Sheriff Court charged with murder. ... USA TODAY Sports.
Lucas Aulbach, USA TODAY NETWORK. Updated October 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM. WEST LIBERTY, Ky. − With former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines in court Tuesday, attendees at a hearing about ...
[2] The Court of Session is the supreme Scottish civil court [3] but UK-wide courts can review decisions of great public or constitutional importance. Scots law is developed and interpreted by the courts of Scotland, particularly the supreme courts.
The court heard Stroud, of Eastcote Terrace, Walker, Newcastle, had no previous convictions while Lopes, of Archer Street, Byker, had previously attacked lone people with his gang and Tams, of ...