New temporary judges appointed
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To assist with jury trials in the High Court, the following sheriffs have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as temporary judges from 1 August:
- Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen
- Sheriff Andrew Miller
- Sheriff Susan Craig
- Sheriff Tony Kelly
The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, warned MSPs in November last year that the backlog of cases was an “enormous problem” that would take “multiple years” to clear.
It was reported last week that the remote jury centres used during the pandemic to allow cases to continue cost taxpayers more than £26 million. The Odeon chain has made the sum over the last two years while Vue made almost £2m from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
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