A fatal accident inquiry will be held later this year into the death of a cyclist in the far north.
Elaine Dunne, 30, died when she was struck by a car driven by 94-year-old Alice Ross.
Mrs Dunne, of Leicester, was on a cycling holiday with her husband Christopher to mark their first wedding anniversary.
Mr Dunne also suffered serious injuries in the accident at Auckengill on the A99 Wick-John O’Groats road in September 2011.
The couple were heading south to Wick to catch a train home at the time.
Ms Ross, of Lybster, was charged with causing the accident by dangerous driving, but the case was dropped.
The Crown admitted at the High Court in Edinburgh it had failed to call for its own medical assessments in time after Ms Ross’s lawyers said she had blacked-out at the wheel of her car due to the medical condition automatism.
Advocate depute Iain McSporran apologised for the mistake, which he acknowledged would have increased the anxiety of both the accused and Mrs Dunne’s family.
The judge at the time, Lord Tyre said: “I have recognised that the handling of this case has caused unnecessary distress to both sides.
“When something goes wrong, steps have to be taken to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
The procurator fiscal’s office was instructed to hold a fatal accident inquiry.
Wick Sheriff Court set a date for the hearing yesterday.
Senior fiscal Alasdair MacDonald said the hearing, starting on August 18, would last for a fortnight.
He said that a joint minute of agreement, if approved by the interested parties, would help restrict the evidence to medical matters.
Expert witnesses will give evidence during the second week of the probe.