Obituaries

Alexander Birrell Wilkinson (known to his friends and colleagues as Sandy) was born in Perth on 2 February 1932. His father was Captain Alexander Wilkinson who had served in the Black Watch for 36 years. After education at Perth Academy Sandy won a scholarship to study at St Andrews University where

Sheriff Alexander B Wilkinson KC passed away on 17 January at the age of 90. He was a former president of the Sheriffs Association in Scotland and was co-author of the first edition of The Law Relating to Parent & Child in Scotland and acted as a consultant on the second edition. "His influence

Highland lawyer and crofting expert Duncan MacPhee has passed away at the age of 70 in Fort William. "Duncan was brought up in a family of Lochaber builders, learning the trade of his father, Angus, an engineer, and uncles as they built many of the homes, dams and villages that comprise the town to

Highland solicitor and honorary sheriff Michael Burns has passed away at the age of 90, the Press and Journal reports. "Michael John Burns was born in the Shieling, Ferry Road, Dingwall where he lived for more than 80 years before moving to Maryburgh.

Sheriff Brian Lockhart has passed away at the age of 79. Born in Ayr in 1942, he was admitted as a solicitor in 1964 and was made partner at Robertson Chalmers & Auld in 1967. He became a temporary sheriff in 1977, a floating sheriff of North Strathclyde at Paisley in 1979 and then resident sher