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Fatal Accident Inquiries (Scotland)

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FAI determinations held under the 2016 Act, including those where the sheriff made recommendations to prevent future deaths. As with PFD reports in England and Wales, recipients of a recommendation have a statutory duty to respond within 8 weeks (section 28).

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Sheriff determinations with recommendations
9 Feb 2026 James Osbourne Murray · Lothian and Borders · 17:26 hours Response(s) published 4 Dec 2025 Anne Amos · Lothian and Borders Response(s) published 20 Jun 2025 Harris James McDonell · Lothian and Borders Response(s) published 9 Dec 2024 Health Dr Sara Lilian Macrae · Lothian and Borders · Royal Edinburgh Hospital Non-response notice published
NHS Lothian NHS Scotland
18 Oct 2024 Other Alexander Irvine · Lothian and Borders · Morningside Road, Edinburgh Response(s) published
UK Government DVLA
13 Aug 2024 William Lothian · Lothian and Borders Response(s) published 12 Feb 2024 Workplace John Wilson · Lothian and Borders · Near Meikle Poo Craig, aboard fishing … Response pending
Fishing vessel owners and operators
23 Jan 2023 Peter Gray · Lothian and Borders · 18:35 hrs Response pending 9 Feb 2021 Mark Barry · Lothian and Borders · the late Mark Barry, born 3 … Response pending 8 Jun 2020 Clare Shannon · Lothian and Borders · Resuscitation Room 2, Edinburgh Response(s) published 4 Feb 2020 Duncan John Matheson · Lothian and Borders · Temperance Brae, Shieldaig, Strathcarron, Ross shire, … Response pending 9 Aug 2019 Custody Allan Stewart Marshall · Lothian and Borders · HMP Edinburgh, Segregation and Reintegration Unit Response(s) published
SPS
7 Mar 2018 Anthony McMahon · Lothian and Borders Response pending 12 Jan 2018 James Scott Miller · Lothian and Borders Response pending 20 Nov 2017 Joy Paula Robson, John Leonard Stern, Elizabeth Allan, Iain John Provan · Lothian and Borders Response pending 23 Aug 2017 Keane Grace Wallis Bennett · Lothian and Borders Response pending 4 Aug 2017 Stuart John Whitehead · Lothian and Borders Response pending 19 Feb 2015 Alan David Bussell · Lothian and Borders Response pending 8 Sep 2014 Robert Dellow · Lothian and Borders Response pending 26 Mar 2012 Richard Hugh McGhie · Lothian and Borders Response pending 24 Aug 2010 Annie Mercer · Lothian and Borders Response pending 3 Jun 2010 Kieran Nichol · Lothian and Borders Response pending 12 May 2010 Ben Harry Robert McCreath · Lothian and Borders Response pending 22 Dec 2009 Angela Smith · Lothian and Borders Response pending 4 Dec 2009 Thomas Andrew Tant · Lothian and Borders Response pending 6 Nov 2009 Marlene Patricia Wightman · Lothian and Borders Response pending 5 Mar 2009 John Andrew McCafferty · Lothian and Borders Response pending 28 Aug 2008 Douglas John Armstrong · Lothian and Borders Response pending 31 Dec 2007 Marion Helen Adam Ramsay, John Rodgers Cowe and Isabella McGregor · Lothian and Borders Response pending 1 Oct 2007 Kyle Robert Brown · Lothian and Borders Response pending 29 Aug 2007 Daniel Thomas Crew · Lothian and Borders Response pending 20 Jul 2007 Stuart Graham Foster · Lothian and Borders Response pending 29 Jan 2003 Wallace Patrick Hendry · Lothian and Borders Response pending 25 Feb 2002 Christine Jane Foster · Lothian and Borders Response pending 20 Sep 2001 Mohammed Tasleen Iqbal · Lothian and Borders Response pending 23 Feb 2000 Darren Denholm · Lothian and Borders Response pending 28 Feb 1972 Stephen Clark Paton · Lothian and Borders Response pending

By sector

Distribution of determinations across sectors
SectorDeterminations
Custody 11
Health 7
Other 4
Workplace 4

FAI determinations are published by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. See the full methodology for how determinations, recommendations and section 28 responses are identified and extracted.