Lord of Council and Session

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Scottish judicial office judicial title

Lord of Council and Session is a senior judicial title in Scotland’s supreme civil court, the Court of Session, held by judges who serve as Senators of the College of Justice.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lord of Council and Session canonical 3
Lord of Session 3
Lords of Council and Session (various holders) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish judicial office ⓘ
judicial title ⓘ
alsoCalled Lord of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senator of the College of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ
supreme civil court of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy monarch of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf First Minister of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToLegalTradition civil law influenced mixed system ⓘ
building Parliament House, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
compulsoryRetirementAge 70 years (subject to statutory change) ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
court Inner House of the Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ
Outer House of the Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ
field civil law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
public law ⓘ
governedBy Court of Session Act 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs interpretation of Scots civil law ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil appeals in Scotland ⓘ
first‑instance civil cases in Scotland ⓘ
hasCollectiveBody Senators of the College of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole case management in complex civil litigation ⓘ
hearing appeals from the Sheriff Appeal Court ⓘ
issuing written judicial opinions ⓘ
heldBy Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
historicalOrigin 16th century Scottish judiciary ⓘ
isPartOf Scottish Courts and Tribunals Judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdictionType civil jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
memberOf College of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolderStyle Lady ⓘ
Lord ⓘ
partOf College of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
rank senior judge ⓘ
relatedInstitution High Court of Justiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedPosition Lord Commissioner of Justiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires legal qualification as advocate or solicitor ⓘ
substantial legal experience ⓘ
supervises procedure in the Court of Session ⓘ
termLength until compulsory retirement age ⓘ
usesHonorific The Honourable NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry → positionHeld → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen → heldJudicialOffice → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of Session
Lord Reed → positionHeld → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
Lord Hodge → positionHeld → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge → positionHeld → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of Session
Extraordinary Lord of Session → relatedTo → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordinary Lord of Session
Faculty of Advocates → hasNotableMember → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords of Council and Session (various holders)
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale → positionHeld → Lord of Council and Session ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of Session