Lord President of the Court of Session

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Scottish public office judicial office

The Lord President of the Court of Session is the most senior judge in Scotland, serving as head of the country’s supreme civil court and of the Scottish judiciary.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lord President of the Court of Session canonical 16
Lord President 4
Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish public office ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
surface form: Lord President

Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
surface form: Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
country Scotland ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Court of Session Outer House ⓘ
surface form: Court of Session

Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Sheriff Appeal Court (civil jurisdiction)

Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: sheriff courts (civil jurisdiction)
hasConstitutionalRole head of the judiciary in Scotland ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil courts of Scotland ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ ⓘ
hasPower assigning judges to courts ⓘ
issuing practice directions for Scottish courts ⓘ
hasRole head of Scotland’s supreme civil court ⓘ
head of the Scottish judiciary ⓘ
hasStyle The Right Honourable ⓘ
hasTitleForm Lady President ⓘ
Lord President of the Court of Session self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lord President
headOf College of Justice ⓘ
surface form: Court of Session

College of Justice ⓘ
surface form: Scottish judiciary
is most senior judge in Scotland ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland ⓘ
isSubordinateTo Monarch of the United Kingdom (in formal constitutional hierarchy) ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
memberOf Senators of the College of Justice ⓘ
nominatedBy First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
officeCreatedIn 16th century ⓘ
officeHoldersAreMembersOf College of Justice ⓘ
officeHoldersSitIn College of Justice ⓘ
surface form: First Division of the Inner House

College of Justice ⓘ
surface form: Inner House of the Court of Session
officeHoldersWear judicial robes ⓘ
oversees judicial conduct in Scotland ⓘ
judicial training in Scotland ⓘ
partOf Scottish legal system ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
surface form: supreme courts of Scotland
rank senior judge ⓘ
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
seat Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
supervises administration of the Court of Session ⓘ
administration of the Scottish courts ⓘ
worksWith Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Court of Session (in peerage matters) → headedBy → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → notTheSameAs → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk → positionHeld → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of Session
Henry Home, Lord Kames → positionHeld → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of Session
Lord President of the Court of Session → alsoKnownAs → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord President
Lord President of the Court of Session → alsoKnownAs → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General
Lord President of the Court of Session → hasTitleForm → Lord President of the Court of Session self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord President
The Citadel → hasGovernmentBody → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Lord President
Sheriff courts of Scotland → supervisedBy → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service → supports → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lord Justice General → alsoKnownAs → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General
Lord Justice General → combinedWithOffice → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland → rankComparedTo → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry → positionHeld → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen → positionHeld → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir → positionHeld → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Principal Clerk of Session → reportsTo → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lord Hope of Craighead → positionHeld → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Extraordinary Lord of Session → subordinateTo → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Scotland → relatedPosition → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Faculty of Advocates → hasNotableMember → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord President of the Court of Session (various holders)
Senators of the College of Justice → hasLeader → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lady President → appliesToOffice → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Lady President → equivalentTitle → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord President
Lady President → genderedFormOf → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord President
Lord Clerk Register → relatedOffice → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
The Rod of Rassilon → ownership → Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Lord President