High Court of Justiciary

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appellate court court of law supreme criminal court trial court

The High Court of Justiciary is Scotland’s supreme criminal court, responsible for the most serious criminal trials and appeals under Scots law.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
High Court of Justiciary canonical	24
supreme criminal court of Scotland	3
Scotland’s supreme criminal court	2
High Court of Justiciary (in certain cases)	1
High Court of Justiciary (in certain civil and devolution matters)	1
High Court of Justiciary (in limited cases)	1
High Court of Justiciary (in limited civil or devolution matters)	1
High Court of Justiciary sitting in Edinburgh	1
High Court of Justiciary sitting on circuit	1
High Court of Justiciary, Glasgow	1
Lords Commissioners of Justiciary	1
sitting of the High Court of Justiciary	1
supreme courts of Scotland	1
supreme criminal courts of Scotland	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of law ⓘ supreme criminal court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	High Court ⓘ
appealsTo	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (on devolution and compatibility issues only)
canImpose	extended sentences ⓘ life imprisonment ⓘ orders for lifelong restriction ⓘ
composition	judges of the Court of Session sitting as Lords Commissioners of Justiciary ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
governsAreaOfLaw	criminal law ⓘ
handles	criminal appeals ⓘ serious criminal offences ⓘ solemn criminal trials ⓘ
hasBuilding	Lawnmarket, Edinburgh ⓘ Saltmarket, Glasgow ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Lord Justice General ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle	Lord Justice General ⓘ surface form: Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk ⓘ
hasPresident	Lord Justice General ⓘ
hasProcedure	solemn procedure ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases) ⓘ Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Sheriff Appeal Court (criminal) Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Sheriff Court (solemn procedure)
jurisdiction	Scots law ⓘ
jurySize	15 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	mixed legal system of Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn	Aberdeen ⓘ Alloa ⓘ Arbroath ⓘ Ayr ⓘ Banff ⓘ Campbeltown ⓘ Cupar ⓘ Dornoch ⓘ Dornoch Sheriff Court ⓘ Dumfries ⓘ Dundee ⓘ Dunfermline ⓘ Dunoon ⓘ Edinburgh ⓘ Elgin ⓘ Falkirk ⓘ Forfar ⓘ Fort William ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ Greenock ⓘ Haddington ⓘ Inverness ⓘ Jedburgh ⓘ Kilmarnock ⓘ Kirkcaldy ⓘ Kirkwall ⓘ Lanark ⓘ Lerwick ⓘ Livingston ⓘ Lochmaddy ⓘ Montrose ⓘ Nairn ⓘ Oban ⓘ Paisley ⓘ Peebles ⓘ Perth ⓘ Peterhead ⓘ Portree ⓘ Rothesay ⓘ Selkirk ⓘ Stirling ⓘ Stonehaven ⓘ Stornoway ⓘ Stranraer ⓘ Tain ⓘ Wick ⓘ
partOf	Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ
role	High Court of Justiciary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: supreme criminal court of Scotland
supremeOver	Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Sheriff Appeal Court (criminal jurisdiction) Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Sheriff Court (criminal jurisdiction)
trialMode	jury trial ⓘ
verdictSystem	guilty ⓘ not guilty ⓘ not proven ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Scots law (to a limited extent) → usesCourtSystem → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

subject surface form: Scots law

Scots law (to a limited extent) → highestCriminalCourt → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

subject surface form: Scots law

Scots law (to a limited extent) → finalAppealCriminal → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

subject surface form: Scots law

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Justiciary (in certain civil and devolution matters)

courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

High Court of Justiciary → role → High Court of Justiciary self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: supreme criminal court of Scotland

The Supreme Court → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

this entity surface form: High Court of Justiciary (in limited civil or devolution matters)

Parliament House, Edinburgh → houses → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

College of Justice → hasComponent → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

College of Justice → includes → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotland’s supreme criminal court

College of Justice → supremeCriminalCourt → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

College of Justice → hasAuthorityOver → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Justiciary sitting in Edinburgh

College of Justice → hasAuthorityOver → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Justiciary sitting on circuit

Lord President of the Court of Session → partOf → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: supreme courts of Scotland

Sheriff courts of Scotland → belowCourt → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Sheriff courts of Scotland → appealTo → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service → serves → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Government of the Kingdom of Scotland → judicialBody → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Scottish crown → associatedInstitution → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Lord Justice General → presidesOver → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Lord Justice General → supervises → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lords Commissioners of Justiciary

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

subject surface form: Justice of the Peace Court (Scotland)

this entity surface form: High Court of Justiciary (in certain cases)

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

subject surface form: Justice of the Peace Court (Scotland)

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

subject surface form: Justice of the Peace Court (Scotland)

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

subject surface form: Justice of the Peace Court (Scotland)

Saltmarket, Glasgow → hasBuilding → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Justiciary, Glasgow

Saltmarket, Glasgow → hosts → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotland’s supreme criminal court

Saltmarket, Glasgow → jurisdictionOf → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

High Court → role → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

subject surface form: High Court of Justiciary

this entity surface form: supreme criminal court of Scotland

Parliament Square, Edinburgh → borderedBy → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Procurators fiscal → appearsIn → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

UKSC → appealsFrom → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

this entity surface form: High Court of Justiciary (in limited cases)

Advocates Library (adjoining complex) → locatedNear → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland → representsPractitionersBefore → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland → associatedWithCourt → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland → scope → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: supreme criminal courts of Scotland

Senators of the College of Justice → constitutes → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

Senators of the College of Justice → jurisdictionOver → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: supreme criminal court of Scotland

Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist → operatedAs → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: sitting of the High Court of Justiciary

Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife → aboveInHierarchy → High Court of Justiciary ⓘ