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Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
10/10/2008
Scottish Ministers have announced today a new appointment to the office of part-time sheriff. The appointment was recommended by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.
The appointee is Lorna Allison Drummond.
Ms Drummond (40) graduated from Glasgow University in 1989. She was admitted as a solicitor in September 1993 and to the Faculty of Advocates in July 1998. Ms Drummond is currently the Crown Counsel with the Attorney General's Chambers in the Ascension Island conducting both civil and criminal litigation.
Part-time sheriffs were first appointed in 2000. They assist in maintaining the programme of business in the courts when full-time sheriffs are unavailable owing to sick leave or attendance at training. Part-time sheriffs may also assist when the court programme experiences increases in business which cannot be accommodated without additional judicial assistance. Most part-time sheriffs have a continuing professional practice as either an advocate or a solicitor.
Ms Drummond was recommended for appointment by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. The qualifications required for part-time sheriffs are the same as those for full-time sheriffs. Part-time sheriffs are paid a daily fee for each day of service, currently £575.