Sheriff courts of Scotland

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court system trial court

The Sheriff courts of Scotland are a network of local civil and criminal courts that handle the majority of legal cases in Scotland below the level of the supreme courts.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Sheriff Appeal Court (civil jurisdiction) 1
Sheriff Appeal Court (criminal jurisdiction) 1
Sheriff Appeal Court (criminal) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
appealTo Court of Session Outer House ⓘ
surface form: Court of Session

High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
Sheriff Appeal Court ⓘ
belowCourt Court of Session Outer House ⓘ
surface form: Court of Session

High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
covers Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife ⓘ
surface form: sheriffdoms of Scotland
governingBody Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ
handles civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
ordinary civil actions ⓘ
small claims (historically) ⓘ
solemn criminal cases ⓘ
summary cause actions ⓘ
summary criminal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver adoption cases ⓘ
adults with incapacity applications ⓘ
bankruptcy and sequestration ⓘ
child contact and residence cases ⓘ
contract law cases ⓘ
criminal jury trials (solemn procedure) ⓘ
criminal non-jury trials (summary procedure) ⓘ
debt recovery cases ⓘ
delict (tort) cases ⓘ
divorce cases ⓘ
eviction actions ⓘ
family law cases ⓘ
fatal accident inquiries ⓘ
housing disputes ⓘ
interdicts and interim interdicts ⓘ
licensing appeals ⓘ
personal injury actions ⓘ
proceeds of crime applications ⓘ
summary criminal appeals (to Sheriff Appeal Court) ⓘ
hasOfficial sheriff ⓘ
sheriff clerk ⓘ
sheriff officer ⓘ
sheriff principal ⓘ
summary sheriff ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom justice of the peace courts ⓘ
historicalOrigin medieval sheriffdoms of Scotland ⓘ
jurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
levelOfCourt inferior court ⓘ
organizedAs network of local courts ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Scotland ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Scottish court system
primaryFunction first-instance adjudication in most Scottish civil and criminal cases ⓘ
reformedBy Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 ⓘ
supervisedBy Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
Sheriff Appeal Court ⓘ
uses juries in solemn criminal cases ⓘ
single judge in summary cases ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Scots civil law → appliedBy → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff Courts
Lord President of the Court of Session → hasAuthorityOver → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff Appeal Court (civil jurisdiction)
Lord President of the Court of Session → hasAuthorityOver → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: sheriff courts (civil jurisdiction)
High Court of Justiciary → hearsAppealsFrom → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff Appeal Court (criminal)
High Court of Justiciary → hearsAppealsFrom → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff Court (solemn procedure)
courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service → serves → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff courts
High Court of Justiciary → supremeOver → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff Appeal Court (criminal jurisdiction)
High Court of Justiciary → supremeOver → Sheriff courts of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff Court (criminal jurisdiction)