Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases)

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criminal court inferior court summary criminal court

The Justice of the Peace Court is a lower-level criminal court in Scotland that handles minor offences and procedural matters, with limited rights of appeal to higher courts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases) canonical	1
Justice of the Peace Courts (civil jurisdiction where applicable)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal court ⓘ inferior court ⓘ summary criminal court ⓘ
administeredBy	Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ
appealsTo	High Court of Justiciary ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justiciary (in certain cases) Sheriff Appeal Court ⓘ surface form: Sheriff Appeal Court (criminal)
canDealWith	breach of the peace (minor) ⓘ licensing-related offences ⓘ minor public order offences ⓘ road traffic offences ⓘ
canGrant	bail in summary criminal cases ⓘ
canImpose	community-based disposals ⓘ fines (up to statutory limits) ⓘ short periods of imprisonment (within statutory limits) ⓘ
canSitWith	legal adviser (clerk of court) ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
decisionsReviewableBy	High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
doesNotUse	jury ⓘ
handles	first appearances in some minor criminal cases ⓘ procedural criminal matters ⓘ
hasBenchComposition	panel of justices of the peace (in some cases) ⓘ single justice of the peace ⓘ
hasLimited	rights of appeal ⓘ sentencing powers ⓘ
hasNature	lay magistrates’ court ⓘ
hearsCasesOfType	minor criminal offences ⓘ statutory offences ⓘ summary-only offences ⓘ
higherCourtThan	no court ⓘ
isInferiorTo	High Court of Justiciary ⓘ sheriff court ⓘ surface form: Sheriff Court
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
languageOfCourt	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 ⓘ
lowerCourtThan	High Court of Justiciary ⓘ sheriff court ⓘ surface form: Sheriff Court (criminal)
partOf	Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ Scottish criminal justice system ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Justice of the Peace for Lancashire ⓘ surface form: Justice of the Peace
procedure	summary procedure ⓘ
replaced	district courts (Scotland) ⓘ
subjectTo	Scottish criminal procedure rules ⓘ appellate oversight ⓘ
typeOfAppealAvailable	appeal against conviction ⓘ appeal against sentence ⓘ appeal on point of law ⓘ
uses	lay justices advised by legally qualified clerks ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Court of Justiciary → hearsAppealsFrom → Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases) ⓘ

Scots civil law → appliedBy → Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice of the Peace Courts (civil jurisdiction where applicable)