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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 ...
The courts of Scotland are part of the Scottish legal system. Each court has its own jurisdiction and in many cases, a right of appeal lies from one to another. Courts apply Scots law. Criminal cases are prosecuted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. and the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service. [1] Scotland's supreme criminal ...
The Judicial Appointments Board has statutory authority to make recommendations under Sections 9 to 27 of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (as amended by the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014). [61] Appointments to the Inner House are made by the Lord President and Lord Justice Clerk, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers. [53]
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 ...
Locally administered courts continued until the replacement of the district courts by justice of the peace courts in 2008, [9] and now all Scottish courts are administered centrally, with all judges, except the Lord Lyon and the justices of the peace, appointed on the recommendation of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.
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.
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 building was subsequently acquired by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service and was extensively remodelled between 2004 and 2005 to a design by Oberlanders Architects / David Murray Associates to accommodate criminal case hearings of the Aberdeen Sheriff Court where solemn proceedings are employed, i.e. the judges are assisted by a jury ...