Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S2W-09727 · Session 2

Whether it will list each temporary judge, giving their date and period of appointment.

Answered Asked by Margaret Mitchell Con Lodged 14 Jul 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each temporary judge, giving their date and period of appointment.

The answer

Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 Aug 2004 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

The information is given in the following table:
Name
| Date of First Appointment
| Date of Expiry

Sheriff Principal E F Bowen QC
| 9 June 2000
| 2 July 2006

Roderick F Macdonald QC
| 16 July 2001
| 15 July 2005

Sheriff Principal R A Dunlop QC
| 4 February 2002
| 31 January 2005

Sheriff Principal C G B Nicholson QC
| 4 February 2002
| 31 January 2005

Sheriff A L Stewart QC
| 24 October 1996
| 31 December 2004

Sheriff Ian Peebles QC
| June 2003
| 31 May 2006

David S Burns QC
| 2 September 2002
| 31 August 2005

Leonna J Dorian QC
| 2 September 2002
| 31 August 2005

James G Reid QC
| 2 September 2002
| 31 August 2005

Malcolm G Thomson QC
| 2 September 2002
| 31 August 2005

Colin J MacAulay QC
| 13 January 2003
| 31 December 2005

Sheriff Roger Craik QC
| February 2004
| 31 January 2005

Sheriff Kevin Drummond QC
| February 2004
| 31 January 2005

Sheriff Hugh Matthews QC
| February 2004
| 31 January 2005

Sheriff Michael O’Grady QC
| February 2004
| 31 January 2005

Sheriff Rita Rae QC
| February 2004
| 31 January 2005

Sheriff Ian Simpson
| February 2004
| 31 January 2005

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-09727 by reference.