Two new personal injury specialist sheriffs appointed

Two new personal injury specialist sheriffs appointed

Two sheriffs have been appointed as specialists to hear cases in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court.

Sheriff Robert Fife and Sheriff Robert Weir QC have been designated by Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC, Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders, as specialists in actions of damages for personal injury.

The creation of the all-Scotland jurisdiction PI court, located at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, was among a raft of significant reforms to the Scottish legal system which came into effect in 2015.

The other sheriffs designated as specialist sheriffs in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court are: Sheriff Peter Braid, Sheriff Gordon Liddle, Sheriff Kenneth McGowan and Sheriff Fiona Reith QC.

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