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The Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders is the head of the judicial system of the sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders, one of the six sheriffdoms covering the whole of Scotland. The sheriffdom employs a number of legally qualified sheriffs who are responsible for the hearing of cases in four Sheriffs Courts based in Edinburgh, Jedburgh ...
The position of Sheriff of the Lothians had been created in 1881 following a merger of the sheriffdom of Midlothian and Haddington with the Linlithgow part of the sheriffdom of Linlithgow, Clackmannan & Kinross. [1] The position of Sheriff of Peebles was then joined to it in 1883 to create the new position of Sheriff of the Lothians & Peebles.
Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk; Sheriff of Selkirk; Sheriff of Stirling; Sheriff of Stirling and Dumbarton; Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannan; Sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles; Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin; Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands; Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders
The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified advocates and took charge of sheriff courts. [2] By the nineteenth century, the office of sheriff principal was an additional title held by the lord lieutenant of the county , and the Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1828 ( 9 Geo. 4 .
Sheriffs principal hold additional judicial offices, including the Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders who is Sheriff in Chancery, and President of the Sheriff Personal Injury Court. All of the sheriffs principal are Appeal Sheriffs and ex officio members of the Sheriff Appeal Court .
In 1998, he was appointed a sheriff of Lothian and Borders, at Edinburgh, moving in 1999 to be commercial sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. He was promoted to Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin in 2005, serving in that position until 2011. [3] [4]
A deputy with the Iberville Sheriff’s Department was at the game and stepped in immediately to break things up between the two women, per WAFB. But Parker’s punch left a mark on the principal.
He was appointed Sheriff of Lothian and Borders in 1979, then Sheriff Principal of North Strathclyde in 1983. In 1989, he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, taking the title Lord Caplan. He sat both the Outer and Inner House, and retired in 2000.