NEW Sheriff For Greenock
A NEW sheriff has been appointed to Greenock Sheriff Court
Solicitor Derek Jack Hamilton will take up his appointment on 1 May 2012.
Mr Hamilton was admitted as a solicitor in 1983. In 1999 he was a founding partner of Hamilton Ross, Solicitors. He has experience in both criminal and civil work, and was an accredited personal injury specialist.
He holds a number of Judicial and Tribunal appointments. In 2006 he became an Honorary Sheriff and an Immigration Judge. In 2007 he became a Legal Convenor with the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, moving on to become in-house convener in 2008.
Since 2010 he has been a Legal Advisor to the General Dental Council and a Duty Immigration Judge, both sitting in England, and since 2011 a judge in the Social Entitlement Chamber.
The salary of a sheriff is £128,296 per annum.
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