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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.
The layout involved three main sections: a clearly visible circular council chamber, and offices for council officers and their staff, to the south, a divisional headquarters for Police Scotland to the centre, and six courtrooms for Livingston Sheriff Court [11] as well as offices for the procurator fiscal and the Scottish Children's Reporter ...
Local government in Scotland comprises thirty-two local authorities, commonly referred to as councils.Each council provides public services, including education, social care, waste management, libraries and planning. [1]
The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 (21 Geo. 2. c. 19) reduced the office of sheriff principal to a largely ceremonial one, with a sheriff depute or sheriff substitute appointed to each "county, shire or stewartry". [1] The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified advocates and took charge of sheriff courts. [2]
LUCIE — The city plans to move quickly to name a new police chief if Acting Police Chief Richard Del Toro is elected St. Lucie County sheriff next week. It even has a replacement waiting in the ...
West Milford Township Council (2): Karen Phelan, Brian Zlotkin. Woodland Park Borough Council (4): Tina Gatti, Ronnie Arnau, Vincent DeCesare, Adam Chaabane. Republicans: County sheriff (1): Marla ...
The council area borders the Firth of Forth to the north, East Lothian to the east, Midlothian to the south east, Scottish Borders to the south, and West Lothian to the west. About 45% of the council area is the urban area of Edinburgh, which is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth, particularly including the areas north of the A720 City ...