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The court deals with both criminal and civil cases. There are currently twenty-eight sheriffs in post at Glasgow Sheriff Court (five of whom are floating sheriffs). They sit alone in civil cases and are assisted by a jury of fifteen members selected from the electoral roll in some criminal cases (cases involving solemn proceedings only).
The Old Sheriff Court is a former municipal and judicial building in Wilson Street, Glasgow, Scotland. The building, which is home to the Scottish Youth Theatre , is a Category B listed building . [ 1 ]
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 Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 reduced the office of sheriff principal to a largely ceremonial one, with a sheriff depute or sheriff substitute appointed to each "county, shire or stewartry". [3] The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified advocates and took charge of sheriff courts. Where a sheriff depute was ...
The county council relocated to Lanark County Buildings in Hamilton in 1964, [8] [9] but the building continued to be used as a courthouse until the court service moved out in 1997. [6] The building was then acquired by a developer, King City Leisure , who, in 1999, restored it and converted into a private members club known as the Corinthian ...
Sheriff James Irvine Smith, in his statement after a civil damages trial raised at Glasgow Sheriff Court in May 1974 by the widow of one of the Ibrox victims, ruled: "The said accident was due to the fault and negligence of the defenders, Rangers F.C.". [1]
State investigators allege former Clark County, Indiana Sheriff Jamey Noel, who faces 25 felony charges, had a "three-year relationship" with a deputy county auditor, according to court documents ...
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (successor to 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.