§ Mrs. Bainasked the Lord Advocate if he will supply (1) the names of those persons currently on the "Shrieval List" with the dates on which they were placed thereon and also the names of those on that list, if any, who have been offered temporary commissions and (2) the list of temporary sheriffs.
The Lord AdvocateThe list is composed of advocates and solicitors who wish to be considered for appointment as sheriffs, and I do not think it would be appropriate for me to disclose their names.
The following hold commissions as temporary sheriffs:
- Miss H. J. Aronson, Advocate.
- K. G. Barr, Advocate.
- M. S. R. Bruce, Advocate.
- E. J. F. Cook, Solicitor.
- J. S. Forbes, Advocate.
- W. J. Fulton, Solicitor.
- W. C. Galbraith, Advocate.
- N. Gow, Q.C.
- P. Hamilton, Solicitor.
- W. Hawthorn, Solicitor.
- D. Kelbie, Advocate.
- J. F. Langmuir, Solicitor.
- J. Law, Q.C.
- J. A. H. Lockhart, Solicitor.
- A. Lothian, Advocate.
- A. MacLeod, C.B.E., Solicitor.
- A. C. Macpherson, Solicitor.
- K. H. Osborne, Advocate.
- Miss I. A. Poole, Advocate.
- W. G. Purves, O.B.E., Solicitor.
- D. J. Risk, Advocate.
- D. B. Smith, Advocate.
464 - W. G. Stevenson, Q.C.
- A. I. B. Stewart, O.B.E., Solicitor
- Professor D. M. Walker, Q.C.
- Professor A. B. Wilkinson, Advocate.