This article is part of the series: Courts of Scotland Scots law is a unique legal system with an ancient basis in Roman law. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... The Courts of Scotland are the civil, criminal and heraldic courts responsible for the administration of justice in Scotland. ...
Civil courts The Scottish Executive Justice Department is the civil service department of the Scottish Executive with responsibility for criminal justice, police and fire services in Scotland. ... The Cabinet Secretary for Justice in Scotland is a cabinet position in the devolved Scottish Executive. ... The Scottish Court Service is a Government department charged directly with the running of Scotlands Court system. ... The College of Justice is a term used to describe the supreme courts of Scotland and its associated bodies. ... The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is a non-departmental public body in Scotland and was established by the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (as amended by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997). ... The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is the executive agency reporting to the Scottish Executive tasked with managing prisons within Scotland. ...
Criminal courts The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ... The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ... The Lord President of the Court of Session is head of the judiciary in Scotland and presiding judge of the College of Justice and Court of Session. ... The Senators of the College of Justice, also known as the Lords of Council and Session and as the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, are the judges of the Court of Session and of the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland. ... The Sheriff Courts are the local Court system in Scotland. ... Look up Sheriff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Criminal justice The Court of the Lord Lyon, also know as Lyon Court, is the institution which regulates heraldry in Scotland. ... Arms of the Office of the Lord Lyon The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that kingdom, issuing new grants of arms, and... Children’s Hearings are part of the legal and welfare systems in Scotland; they combine justice and welfare for children and young people. ...
Advocates and solicitors Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief legal adviser to the Scottish Executive and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament. ... The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service provides an independent public prosecution service in Scotland. ... The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service provides an independent public prosecution service in Scotland. ... The procurator fiscal is the local public prosecutor in Scotland. ...
The Law Society of Scotland is the professional governing body for Scottishsolicitors, based in Edinburgh. It was established by the Legal Aid & Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1949. The main aims of the Society are set out in the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980. The Society promotes the interests of the Solicitors profession in Scotland and the interests of the public in relation to the profession. The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ... An advocate is one who speaks on behalf of another, especially in a legal context. ... A Solicitor Advocate is a solicitor who is qualified to represent clients as an advocate in the higher courts in England and Wales or Scotland. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but not the United States (in the United States the word has a quite different meaning—see below). ... A professional body or professional organization is an organization, usually non-profit, that exists to further a particular profession, to protect both the public interest and the interests of professionals. ... This article is about the country. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but not the United States (in the United States the word has a quite different meaning—see below). ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ...
All practising solicitors in Scotland must be members of the Society and must hold a current Practising Certificate which is issued by the Society.
The current President of the Society is Richard Henderson.
The Law Society of England and Wales is the professional association that regulates and represents the solicitors profession in England and Wales. ... The Law Society of England and Wales is the professional association that represents the solicitors profession in England and Wales. ... The Law Society of Northern Ireland is a body set up by Royal Charter in 1922 and whose powers and duties are to regulate the solicitors profession in Northern Ireland with the aim of protecting the public. ... Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers is a public campaign group dedicated to exposing corruption within the Scottish legal profession, and whose main aim is to end the Law Society of Scotlands system of self-regulating complaints against member solicitors. ...
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