Scotland: Fatal Accident Inquiry

John Paul Pratt

Reference FAL-B159-14 Published 19 November 2014 Sheriff Sheriff Craig Caldwell Sheriffdom Tayside, Central and Fife Section 28 responses identified 0 8-week deadline 14 January 2015

Recommendations

Recommendations (the sheriff's words)

I have therefore recommended that the DVLA institute a practice whereby in cases where the examining doctor is not the applicant’s general practitioner that the general practitioner is asked to verify from his records that the applicant has no condition likely to adversely affect his fitness to hold a relevant licence.

Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.

Section 28 responses

Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending

No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.

About Fatal Accident Inquiries

Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.

Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.