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The court deals with both criminal and civil cases. There are currently thirteen sheriffs in post at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. [10] 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 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.
The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified advocates and took charge of sheriff courts. [2] By the nineteenth century, the office of sheriff principal was an additional title held by the lord lieutenant of the county , and the Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1828 ( 9 Geo. 4 .
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 Airdrie Sheriff Court Tayside, Central and Fife: Sheriff Principal Marysia Lewis Perth ...
The Sheriff Appeal Court is a national court with jurisdiction over appeals from summary criminal proceedings in the sheriff courts and justice of the peace courts, and from bail decision in solemn procedure at the sheriff court. The Sheriff Appeal Court was established on 22 September 2015 to deal with appeals against conviction and sentence ...
The High Court of Justiciary as a Court, or the Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk and Lords Commissioners of Justiciary as a body, have the power to regulate criminal procedure in the criminal courts in Scotland: regulations can be made for the High Court, sheriff courts (summary and solemn procedures), and the justice of the peace courts.
The Commissary Court of Edinburgh was abolished in 1830 and its powers were transferred to the Court of Session [1] (except for cases of aliment, which were transferred to the sheriff courts). All commissary courts were abolished in 1876 by the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1876 and their functions taken over by the sheriff courts. The office ...