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Criminal cases are prosecuted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. and the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service. [1] Scotland's supreme criminal court is the High Court of Justiciary. [2] The Court of Session is the supreme Scottish civil court [3] but UK-wide courts can review decisions of great public or constitutional importance.
The Court of Session and sheriff courts have a co-extensive jurisdiction for all cases with a monetary value in excess of £100,000, with the choice of court being given in the first place to the pursuer (the claimant), the majority of difficult or high-value cases in Scotland are brought in the Court of Session. Any final decision of a sheriff ...
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.
The site the court officials selected had previously been occupied by a part of Heriot-Watt University. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The new courthouse was designed by John Kirkwood Wilson of PSA Projects, [ 4 ] built in buff sandstone [ 5 ] at a cost of £47 million, [ 2 ] and was officially opened to the public by the sheriff principal , Gordon Nicholson, in ...
Jedburgh Sheriff Court, formerly County Buildings, is a judicial building in the Market Square in Jedburgh in Scotland. The building, which continues to be used as a courthouse, is a Category B listed building .
The Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 resulted in the unification of the administration of the Court of Session, the High Court of Justiciary, Sheriff and Justice of the Peace courts. [6] The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has the function of providing, or ensuring the provision of, the property, services, officers ...
Scottish Children's Reporter Administration; Children's hearing; Commissary Court; Commission of Justiciary; Court of Criminal Appeal (Scotland) Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Court of the Lord Lyon; Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
The Scottish Land Court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an Fhearainn na h-Alba) is a Scottish court of law based in Edinburgh with subject-matter jurisdiction covering disputes between landlords and tenants relating to agricultural tenancies, and matters related to crofts and crofters.