Senators of the College of Justice

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The Senators of the College of Justice are the senior judges who collectively constitute Scotland’s supreme civil and criminal courts, the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of judges
judicial office
alsoKnownAs Lords of Council and Session
Senators of the College
appliesToBodyOfLaw Court of Session rules
High Court of Justiciary practice and procedure
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
appointedBy British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentAdvisedBy First Minister of Scotland
constitutes Court of Session
High Court of Justiciary
country Scotland
employer Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
fieldOfWork Scots law
civil law
criminal law
hasDeputyLeader Lord Justice Clerk
hasHonorificPrefix The Honourable
hasLeader Lord President of the Court of Session
hasPart Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
surface form: Lords Commissioners of Justiciary

Lords of Council and Session
hasRank senior judge
hasTypeOfMember commercial judge
intellectual property judge
ordinary judge
jurisdictionOver Court of Session Inner House
surface form: supreme civil court of Scotland

High Court of Justiciary
surface form: supreme criminal court of Scotland
languageOfWorkOrName English
Scots
legalBasis Court of Session Act 1988
Scotland Act 1998
location Edinburgh
minimumSize 24
nominatedBy Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
officeType full-time judge
partOf College of Justice
Judiciary of Scotland
surface form: Scottish judiciary

courts of Scotland
responsibleFor conducting first-instance civil proceedings in the Court of Session
conducting solemn criminal trials in the High Court of Justiciary
hearing appeals in civil cases
hearing appeals in criminal cases
seat Parliament House, Edinburgh
subordinateTo Scottish judiciary framework
tradition take judicial title on appointment
usesTitle Lady
Lord
wears judicial robes

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Lord President of the Court of Session memberOf Senators of the College of Justice
Lord Reed positionHeld Senators of the College of Justice
this entity surface form: Senator of the College of Justice
Extraordinary Lord of Session relatedTo Senators of the College of Justice
this entity surface form: Senator of the College of Justice