Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
English: An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the judiciary and the courts; to establish the Scottish Court Service; and for connected purposes. Publication date 29 October 2008
English: An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the sheriff courts; to establish a Sheriff Appeal Court; to make provision about civil court procedure; to make provision about appeals in civil proceedings; to make provision about appeals in criminal proceedings; to make provision about judges of the Court of Session; to make provision about the Scottish Land Court; to make ...
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 ...
Following the judgement of the Appeal Court in Beurskens v HM Advocate [2014] HCJAC 99 it is possible for a precognition to be considered as a statement, and thus be admissible as evidence in court. [4] Historically precognitions were not only a distinctive feature of Scottish criminal procedure, but vital to the defence.
In October 2011, the Scottish Government announced consultation on appointments to a new Scottish Civil Justice Council to draft rules of procedure for civil proceedings in the Court of Session and sheriff court. The establishment of the council was one of Lord Gill's 2009 recommendations. [7]
The United Kingdom, judicially, consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. [4] There are important differences among Scots law, English law and Northern Irish law in areas such as property law, criminal law, trust law, [8] inheritance law, evidence law and family law while there are greater similarities in areas of UK-wide interest such as commercial ...
A party can enforce any provisions contained in a Minute of Agreement by applying to the Keeper for an extracted copy of the original (an 'extract'). Enforcement against another party who resides or has assets in Scotland is carried out by a Messenger-at-Arms, who is an officer of the Court of Session (the supreme civil court in Scotland).
The Scottish Ministers; Members of the Scottish Parliament; and others "with responsibility for matters relating to the judiciary or the administration of justice" in Scotland; [1]: Section 1 All of those specified are barred from using any form of special access to influence the judgements or decisions made by the judiciary of Scotland. [2]