SMASO is required by law to publish applications for Sheriff Officers for new appointments and the most recent ones are listed below. Any queries about these applications should be directed to our membership coordinator via our online enquiry form
24 August 2026
Application by
Ryan Borthwick, c/o Stirling Park LLP, 25 Bank Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1HA
Notice is hereby given that application has been made to Sheriff Principal of Grampian Highlands and Islands at Inverness by Ryan Borthwick c/o Stirling Park LLP, 25 Bank Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1HA for a commission as a sheriff officer in the Sheriffdom of Grampian Highlands and Islands. The Sheriff Principal by interlocutor dated 20 August 2026 appoints any person who intends to object to the application being granted to lodge answers thereto with the Sheriff Clerk at Inverness, within thirty days from the date of this notice.
John Paul Sheridan, TLT LLP, 41 West Campbell Stret, Glasgow, G2 6SE
24 September 2026
Application by
Bryan McLaughlin, c/o Stirling Park LLP, 25 Bank Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1HA
Notice is hereby given that application has been made to Sheriff Principal of Lothian & Borders at Edinburgh by Bryan McLaughlin, c/o Stirling Park LLP, 25 Bank Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1HA for a commission as a sheriff officer in the districts of Edinburgh, Livingston, Jedburgh and Selkirk. The Sheriff Principal, by interlocutor dated 25 August 2026 appoints any person who intends to object to the application being granted to lodge answers thereto with the Sheriff Officer, Sheriff Court House, 27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB within thirty days from the date of this notice.
John Paul Sheridan, TLT LLP, 41 West Campbell Street, Glasgow, G2 6SE
