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Encyclopedia > Scottish Court Service

The Scottish Court Service is a Government department charged directly with the running of Scotland's Court system. Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ...


The Service has the status of an Executive Agency of the Scottish Executive. The Service has held agency status since it was created in 1995. This arm's length approach is also adopted by Scotland's Prison and Prosecution services. The Scottish Executive (Riaghaltas na h-Alba in Gaelic) is the executive arm of the Scottish Parliament. ... The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is a government department in Scotland that is responsible for the public prosecution of alleged criminals. ...


The Service is headed by a Chief Executive and a management board who take day to day responsibility for the running of the Service. The management board are held to account by the Justice Minister and the two Justice Committees of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ...


The Service employs nearly 1000 staff members in Scotland's 49 Sheriff Courts, 2 Supreme Courts, and at the Service's HQ in Edinburgh. Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ...


The Service's main responsibility is to support the Scottish Judiciary. The Judiciary consists of the 32 Judges of the Supreme Court and several hundred sheriffs who are spread throughout the country.


The Court staff will in one day deal with everything from a Murder Trial in the High Court to a Divorce case in the Sheriff Court.


See also

Scots law (or Scottish law) is the law of Scotland. ... The High Court of Justiciary is Scotlands supreme criminal court. ... The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ... The Sheriff Courts are the local Court system in Scotland. ...

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Scottish Court Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (410 words)
The Scottish Court Service is an executive agency of the Scottish Executive responsible for the administration the of the Court system in Scotland.
In common with the Scottish Prison Service in the Scottish justice system this at arm's length approach is adopted to prevent direct ministerial involvement in the administration of justice.
The Service employs over 1000 staff members in Scotland's 49 Sheriff Courts, the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary, and at the Service's HQ in Edinburgh.
Courts of Scotland: Information from Answers.com (1499 words)
The Courts of Scotland are the civil, criminal and heraldic courts responsible for the administration of justice in Scotland.
The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland.
Although the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts have a largely co-extensive jurisdiction, 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.
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