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Tayside shrieval appointments
11/06/2004
Her Majesty The Queen, on the recommendation of the
First Minister, has appointed Dr Robert A McCreadie QC, Mr
A Grant McCulloch, Solicitor Advocate and Mr Alistair J M
Duff, Solicitor Advocate to be Sheriffs of Tayside Central
and Fife. Dr McCreadie will be a resident Sheriff at
Perth, while Mr McCulloch and Mr Duff will take up post at
Dundee.
Dr McCreadie was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in
1992 and took silk in 2003. He began his career as a
lecturer in law before becoming standing junior counsel to
the Scottish Office in 1994 serving in the Transport then
Home and Health departments. In 1995 he became Advocate
Depute in the Crown Office until 2002, when he became
standing junior counsel to the Advocate General for
Scotland handling mainly devolution and human rights
issues, the post he currently holds. He has tribunal
experience and became a part-time sheriff in 2003.
Admitted as Solicitor in 1976, Mr McCulloch became
Solicitor Advocate in 1992. He has been a partner in the
firm of Drummond Miller since 1979 and since 2004 has been
a part-time Deputy Chair of the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Appeals Panel. He has Tribunal experience and
served as Temporary Sheriff from 1992-2000. In 2003 he was
appointed part-time sheriff.
Mr Duff was admitted as Solicitor in 1977 and became
Solicitor Advocate in 1993. From 1977 to 1981 he was a
Depute in the Procurator Fiscal Service serving in Lanark,
Hamilton, Glasgow and Edinburgh and then Crown Office.
In 1981 he became an assistant and then partner in
More & Co, Edinburgh before founding with others the
firm of McCourts in 1991. He has been a member of the
Parole Board for Scotland since April 2003.
These appointments follow a recruitment exercise carried
out by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. The
Board advertised the posts at Perth and Dundee in the
national and legal press and more than sixty applications
were received from Advocates and Solicitors in all branches
of the legal profession.
A shortlist of applicants was interviewed by panels
comprising six members of the Board. The panel report was
agreed by the full Board and submitted to the First
Minister, who accepted its recommendations. The appointees
will take up post during the course of the next three
months.