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Courts of Scotland Scots law (or Scottish law) is the law of Scotland. ... 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. ...

Scottish Court Service
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Civil courts

Privy Council
House of Lords
Court of Session
Lord President
Sheriff Court
Sheriff

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High Court of Justiciary
Lord Justice-General
Sheriff Court
Sheriff Principal
Sheriff
District Court
Justice of the Peace

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Court of the Lord Lyon
Lord Lyon King of Arms
Children's Hearings

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Lord Advocate
Crown Office
Advocate Depute
Procurator Fiscal

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. ...

Faculty of Advocates
Advocate
Law Society of Scotland
Solicitor-Advocate
Solicitor

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. She or he is also Lord Justice General of Scotland and head of the High Court of Justiciary, the offices having been combined in 1836. He or she is a Senator of the College of Justice. The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ... It has been suggested that Barrister#Advocates in Scotland be merged into this article or section. ... The Law Society of Scotland is the professional governing body for Scottish solicitors, based in Edinburgh. ... 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 judge or justice is an official who presides over a court. ... The College of Justice is a term used to describe the supreme courts of Scotland and its associated bodies. ... The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Seal of the High Court of Justiciary © Crown Copyright The High Court of Justiciary is Scotlands supreme criminal court. ... October 2, Charles Darwin returns from his voyage around the world. ... 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 office of Lord Justice General is derived from the justiciars who were appointed from the twelfth century, and the current title dates from the late fifteenth century. From around 1514 it was held heritably by the Earl of Argyll until it was resigned to the Crown in 1628. It was first listed as a Great Officer of State in 1911. In the medieval England and Scotland, a justiciar was an important legal and political figure. ... The title Duke of Argyll was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. ... In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are officers who either inherit their positions or are appointed by the Crown, and exercise certain ceremonial functions. ...


The current Lord President, Lord Hamilton, was sworn in on 2 December 2005. The Right Honourable Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, PC (born Glasgow, 10 June 1942), is Scotlands most senior judge. ...


Their deputy is the Lord Justice Clerk. The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior Judge in Scotland. ...

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Office Holders

Lord Justice General

partial list

The office was combined with that of Lord President on the death of the Duke of Montrose in 1836. Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (c. ... Gillespie Roy Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll (c. ... Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (1532/1537 - 1573) was a leading figure in the politics of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots and the early part of that of James VI. Succeeding his father in the earldom in 1558, Argyll immediately became the most powerful magnate... Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll (c. ... Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll (c. ... William Graham (1591–1661), 7th Earl of Menteith, 1st Earl of Airth, was a Scottish nobleman. ... William Cunningham (1610 - 1664), 8th Earl of Glencairn, was a Scottish nobleman. ... The title of Marquess of Ailsa was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis. ... John Murray, 2nd earl and 1st marquess of Atholl born May 2, 1631 died May 6, 1703 a leading Scottish Royalist and defender of the Stuarts John, second Earl of Atholl of the Murray family, faithfully adhered to Charles the First, and was excepted by Cromwell out of his act... The title Earl of Moray (pronounced Murry) has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland. ... Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister, also known as Archibald Primrose (1847-1851) and Lord Dalmeny (1851-1868). ... George Mackenzie (1630 - 1714), 1st Earl of Cromartie, 1st Viscount Tarbat, was a Scottish statesman. ... William Douglas (1637-1695), 3rd Earl of Queensberry, 1st Marquess of Queensberry, and 1st Duke of Queensberry was a Scottish nobleman. ... Robert Kerr (1636 - 1703), 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Lothian was a Scottish nobleman. ... George Mackenzie (1630 - 1714), 1st Earl of Cromartie, 1st Viscount Tarbat, was a Scottish statesman. ... Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay (June 1682–April 15, 1761) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, and soldier. ... John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (1695 - 9 December 1762) was a Scottish nobleman. ... Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover (1698 - 1778) was a Scottish nobleman. ... David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, 7th Viscount Stormont (1727-1796), known before 1793 as Viscount Stormont was a British politician who served as the last Secretary of State for the Northern Department. ... James Graham (8 September 1755 - 30 December 1836), 3rd Duke of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman and statesman. ...


Lord President

  • 1532-1543: Alexander Milne, abbot of Cambuskenneth
  • 1543-1558: Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney
  • 1558-1565: Henry Sinclair, Bishop of Ross
  • 1565-1566: John Sinclair, Bishop of Brechin
  • 1566-1593: William Baillie of Provand
  • 1593-1604: Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie
  • 1605-1609: James Elphinstone, Lord Balmerino
  • 1609-1616: John Preston of Fenton Barns
  • 1616-1625: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington

incomplete Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1555-1622) was a Scottish lawyer, Judge and politician. ... Sir Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington (1563-1637) was a Scottish politician, lawyer and judge. ...

James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May, 1619 - November 29, 1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman, was born at Drummurchie in Ayrshire. ... The Right Honourable George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637-1720), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, son of Sir John Gordon, 1st baronet of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, executed by the Presbyterians in 1644, was born on the 3rd of October 1637. ... Sir George Lockhart of Lee, also known as Lockhart of Carnwath, (1673 - 1731) of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, was a Scottish writer, spy and politician. ... James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May, 1619 - November 29, 1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman, was born at Drummurchie in Ayrshire. ... Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick (1652-1737) was a Scottish judge and politician. ... Duncan Forbes (1685 - 1747) was a Scottish politician and judge. ... Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder (1713-1787) was a Scottish judge. ... Another Robert Craigie was a British ambassador in Japan,1937-41. ... Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the younger (1713 - 1787) was a Scottish judge. ... Sir Thomas Miller (1717 - 1789), Lord Glenlee, was a Scottish politician and judge Educated at Glasgow University, he became an advocate in 1742 and was solicitor of the Excise in Scotland from 1755. ... Sir Ilay Campbell of Succoth (1734 - 1823) was a Scottish judge. ... The Right Honourable Robert Blair of Avontoun (1741-1811) was a Scottish lawyer who served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1789 to 1806, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1801 to 1808 and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1808 to his death. ... Charles Hope (1763 - 1851), was a Scottish politician and judge The eldest son of John Hope (1739-85), he studied law at Edinburgh University. ... David Boyle (1772 - 1853) was a Scottish judge. ... Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793 - 31 January 1874) was a Scottish judge. ... John Inglis, Lord Glencorse (1810-1891) was a Scottish politician and Judge. ... James Patrick Bannerman Robertson, Baron Robertson (1845 - 1909), was a Scottish politician and judge. ... The Right Honourable John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, PC, QC (July 11, 1837 - January 22, 1905) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. ... Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin (21 November 1849–21 August 1942) was a Scottish politician and judge. ... Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde (22 February 1853 – 2 October 1928) was a Scottish politician and judge. ... James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde (1863 – 1944) was a Scottish politician and judge. ... Wilfrid Guild Normand, Baron Normand, KC (1884 – 5 October 1962), was a Scottish politician and judge. ... Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross, KC (1892–1955) was a Scottish politician, Judge and historian. ... James Latham McDiarmid Clyde, Lord Clyde (30 October 1898 - 30 June 1975) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge. ... George Carlyle Emslie, Baron Emslie (b. ... James Arthur David Hope, Lord Hope of Craighead, (born 27 June 1938) is a Scottish judge. ... Alan Ferguson Rodger, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, (b. ... William Douglas Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, PC (born 18 November 1935), is Scotlands most senior judge. ... The Right Honourable Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, PC (born Glasgow, 10 June 1942), is Scotlands most senior judge. ...

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