Sheriff Appeal Court to sit for first time in Glasgow

The Sheriff Appeal Court will sit in Glasgow for the first time later this month, Scottish Courts & Tribunals Service has announced.

The court will hear criminal appeals on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 August 2017, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary in Saltmarket.

Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC, the President, will sit with Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull and Appeal Sheriff Sean Murphy QC on Tuesday 15 August to hear appeals by stated case and bills of suspension.

On the following day the President and Appeal Sheriff Andrew Cubie will hear sentence appeals.