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Notable court cases have included the trial and conviction of William MacDowell, in September 2022, for the murder of his lover, Renee MacRae, and their son, Andrew MacRae, in 1976: the case was heard by the High Court of Justiciary sitting in the Inverness Justice Centre. [12] [13] [14]
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (formerly the House of Lords, whose decisions are still binding).; Prior to the British exit from the European Union, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) had exclusive jurisdiction over the interpretation of European law.
A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to £100,000, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.
Sheriff Court. Sheriff Appeal Court; ... rolls and records were kept in Edinburgh Castle from about the 13th century. [5] ... Inverness - 1 April 2002; Nairn - 1 ...
A sheriffdom is a judicial district in Scotland, led by a sheriff principal.Since 1 January 1975, there have been six sheriffdoms. Each sheriffdom is divided into a series of sheriff court districts, and each sheriff court is presided over by a resident or floating sheriff (a legally qualified judge).
From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar. Following mergers the office became the Sheriff of Inverness, Elgin & Nairn in 1882 and the Sheriff of Inverness, Moray, Nairn & Ross & Cromarty in 1946. [ 1 ]
Glasgow Sheriff Court: Grampian, Highland and Islands: Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle Inverness Sheriff Court: Lothian and Borders: Sheriff Principal Mhairi M. Stephen QC Edinburgh Sheriff Court: North Strathclyde: Sheriff Principal Duncan L. Murray Paisley Sheriff Court: South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway: Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar ...
Sheriff Court and Police Station (Inverness Castle), Castle Hill, Castle Wynd 57°28′34″N 4°13′32″W / 57.476165°N 4.225488°W / 57.476165; -4.225488 ( Sheriff Court and Police Station (Inverness Castle), Castle Hill, Castle