Court of Session Act 1988

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Section 26 of Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993". www.legislation.gov.uk. 29 March 1993. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021 . Retrieved 2 April 2017.

In section 28 the words from “all actions on account of any injury to moveables” to “seduction”, from “all actions on the responsibility” to “nuisance” and from “all actions on policies” to the end and that section so far as relating to the jury court and the Court of Admiralty. However, The Spectator was very critical of the actual amount of work done by the judges of the Court, noting that there was much public criticism of their effectiveness. The article noted that the judges were entitled to 7 months vacation in each year. The Spectator also asserted that civil justice was out of the reach of the poor in Scotland. [19] Unification of supreme courts judiciary [ edit ]Court of Session – other series". National Archives of Scotland. Archived from the original on 18 December 2009 . Retrieved 9 August 2010. Beveridge, Thomas (1826). A practical treatise on the forms of process: containing the new regulations before the Court of session, Inner-house, Outer-house and Bill-chamber; the Court of teinds, and the Jury court. Volume I. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute. p. 28. About the High Court". Scottish Courts Service. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021 . Retrieved 30 June 2021. The High Court of Justiciary is Scotland's supreme criminal court… When exercising its appellate jurisdiction it sits only in Edinburgh. Rules of the Court of Session". Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021 . Retrieved 30 June 2021. The primary task of the Court of Session is to decide on civil law cases. The court is also the Court of Exchequer for Scotland, a jurisdiction previously held by the Court of Exchequer. (In 1856, the functions of that court were transferred to the Court of Session, and one of the Lords Ordinary sits as Lord Ordinary in Exchequer Causes when hearing cases therein.) This was restated by the Court of Session Act 1988. [24] [25] [26] Admiralty cases [ edit ]

Schedule, Promissory Oaths Act 1868", Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, vol.72, p.Schedule, 1868, archived from the original on 14 February 2021 , retrieved 1 September 2009, The oath as to England is to be tendered by the Clerk of the Council, and taken in presence of Her Majesty in Council, or otherwise as Her Majesty shall direct. The oath as to Scotland is to be tendered by the Lord President of the Court of Session at a sitting of the Court. Information on composition: "Court of Session - Introduction". Scottish Courts Service. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008 . Retrieved 23 November 2007. a b Scottish Parliament. Court Reforms (Scotland) Act 2014 as amended (see also enacted form), from legislation.gov.uk. Section 28 except the words from “all actions on account of any injury to moveables” to “seduction”, from “all actions on the responsibility” to “nuisance” and from “all actions on policies” to the end and except so far as relating to the jury court and Court of Admirality. The court is a unitary collegiate court, with all judges other than the Lord President and the Lord Justice Clerk holding the same rank and title— Senator of the College of Justice and also Lord or Lady of Council and Session. [23] There are thirty-four judges, [70] in addition to a number of temporary judges; these temporary judges are typically sheriffs, or advocates in private practice. The judges sit also in the High Court of Justiciary, where the Lord President is called the Lord Justice General. [71] [72] Appointment [ edit ]Jury actions.: Subject to section 9(b) of this Act, the following actions if remitted to probation shall be tried by jury— Section 1 in so far as it enables the senior Lord Ordinary to fill a vacancy arising in the Inner House. As of May 2017, the Lord President was Lord Carloway, who was appointed on 19 December 2015, and the Lord Justice Clerk was Lady Dorrian, who was appointed on 13 April 2016.