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class="mw-empty-elt"></p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rape?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rape">rape</a>, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>. Though the sheriff courts have <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Concurrent_jurisdiction?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Concurrent jurisdiction">concurrent jurisdiction</a> with the High Court over <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Armed_robbery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed robbery">armed robbery</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Drug_trafficking?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug trafficking">drug trafficking</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Child sexual abuse">sexual offences involving children</a>, the vast majority of these cases are heard by the High Court. Each court serves a sheriff court district within one of the six <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriffdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriffdom">sheriffdoms</a> of Scotland. Each sheriff court is presided over by a sheriff, who is a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Admission_to_practice_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Admission to practice law">legally qualified</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Judge?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Judge">judge</a>, and part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Judiciary_of_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Judiciary of Scotland">judiciary of Scotland</a>.</p> <table class="infobox"> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #Ededed;">Sheriff court</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #aaa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(Government_in_Scotland).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" 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Court of Arms of the United Kingdom as used by the Courts in Scotland </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th> <td class="infobox-data">Sheriff court districts in six <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriffdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriffdom">sheriffdoms</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composition method</th> <td class="infobox-data">Appointed by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Monarch</a> on recommendation of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a>, who is given a recommendation from the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Judicial_Appointments_Board_for_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland">Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Authorised by</th> <td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/contents">Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/58/contents">Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/18/part/2">Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Appellate_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Appellate court">Appeals to</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li>Summary criminal proceedings, and certain civil actions: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_Appeal_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff Appeal Court">Sheriff Appeal Court</a></li> <li>Solemn criminal proceedings: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a></li> <li>Other civil proceedings: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Court_of_Session?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Judge term length</th> <td class="infobox-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li>Permanent sheriffs: Life tenure with mandatory retirement at 70</li> <li>Part-time sheriffs: 5 years subject to reappointment</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th> <td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/sheriff-court">www<wbr>.scotcourts<wbr>.gov<wbr>.uk<wbr>/the-courts<wbr>/sheriff-court</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7494979%23P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 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a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style> <p>Sheriff courts hear civil cases as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bench_trial?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bench trial">bench trial</a> without a jury, and make determinations and judgments alone. However, the specialist all-Scotland <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_Personal_Injury_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff Personal Injury Court">Sheriff Personal Injury Court</a> (based in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edinburgh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>) has the ability to hear cases with a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Trial_by_jury_in_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Trial by jury in Scotland">jury of twelve</a>. Sheriff courts hear criminal trials on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Complaint?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Complaint">complaint</a> as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bench_trial?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bench trial">bench trial</a> for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Summary_offence?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Summary offence">summary offences</a>, and as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Trial_by_jury_in_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Trial by jury in Scotland">trial with a jury of fifteen</a> for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Indictable_offence?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Indictable offence">indictable offences</a>. Where a person is convicted following a case heard on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Complaint?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Complaint">complaint</a> they can be <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sentence_(law)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sentence (law)">sentenced</a> to a maximum of twelve months <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Imprisonment?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Imprisonment">imprisonment</a> and/or a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pound_sterling?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pound sterling">£</a>10,000 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fine_(penalty)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fine (penalty)">fine</a>, and in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solemn_proceedings?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Solemn proceedings">solemn cases</a>, 5 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine.</p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Judgment_(law)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Judgment (law)">Judgments</a> of the sheriff courts in criminal offences handled through <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Summary_offences?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Summary offences">summary procedures</a>, and civil cases handled through <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Small_claims_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Small claims court">small claims</a> and summary process, can be appealed to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_Appeal_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff Appeal Court">Sheriff Appeal Court</a>. Criminal offences heard on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Indictment?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Indictment">indictment</a> through <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solemn_procedure?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Solemn procedure">solemn procedure</a> are appealed to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>. Other civil actions are appealed to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Inner_House?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Inner House">Inner House</a> of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Court_of_Session?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a>.</p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Remit_and_jurisdiction"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Remit and jurisdiction</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Staffing"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Staffing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Sheriffdoms"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Sheriffdoms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Relationship_to_other_courts"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Relationship to other courts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Reform_of_civil_procedure"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Reform of civil procedure</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Royal_Arms_tablet,_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG/220px-Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2521" data-file-height="1912"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 167px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG/220px-Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="167" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG/330px-Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG/440px-Royal_Arms_tablet%2C_Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> Scottish version of the Royal Arms at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edinburgh Sheriff Court">Edinburgh Sheriff Court</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The office of sheriff dates from the early days of the Scottish monarchy. Generally, one of the more powerful local lords in each county was appointed and the office became hereditary in his family. The original purpose of the sheriff was to exercise and preserve the King's authority against the rival powers of the local lords and the sheriff became the local representative of the King in all matters, judicial and administrative. The sheriff dispensed the King's justice in his county in the Sheriff Court. The hereditary sheriff later delegated his judicial functions to a trained lawyer called a sheriff-depute. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heritable_Jurisdictions_(Scotland)_Act_1746?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746">Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746</a> abolished the office of hereditary sheriff and the sheriff-depute soon became <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_principal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff principal">sheriff principal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JSTOR1132916_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-JSTOR1132916-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 734">: 734 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JSTOR753225_2-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-JSTOR753225-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 185–6">: 185–6 </span></sup></p> <p>At first, only the sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles (who sat at Edinburgh) and the sheriff of Lanarkshire (who sat at Glasgow) were full-time appointments.<sup id="cite_ref-JSTOR1132916_1-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-JSTOR1132916-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 734">: 734 </span></sup> Since the part-time sheriff-depute was not compelled to reside within his sheriffdom and could carry on his practice as advocate, it became common for a depute to appoint a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff-substitute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff-substitute">sheriff-substitute</a> who acted in his absence. Over time, the judicial duties of the depute were entirely assumed by the substitute and the depute became a judge of appeal from the decisions of his substitute.<sup id="cite_ref-JSTOR753225_2-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-JSTOR753225-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 186">: 186 </span></sup></p> <p>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_Court_(Scotland)_Act_1870&action=edit&redlink=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="new" title="Sheriff Court (Scotland) Act 1870 (page does not exist)">Sheriff Court (Scotland) Act 1870</a> combined the thirty counties of Scotland into fifteen sheriffdoms. Until 1877, the sheriffs-substitutes were appointed by the sheriffs-deputes; after 1877, that right was reserved to the Crown.<sup id="cite_ref-JSTOR1132916_1-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-JSTOR1132916-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 734">: 734 </span></sup></p> <p>The civil procedure before the Sheriff Court underwent a major overhaul with the enactment of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_Courts_(Scotland)_Act_1907&action=edit&redlink=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="new" title="Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (page does not exist)">Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Remit_and_jurisdiction">Remit and jurisdiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Remit and jurisdiction" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>The legal cases which are heard within the courts are dealt with by a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Scotland" title="Sheriff">sheriff</a>. A sheriff is a judge who is usually assigned to work in a specific court, although some work as "floating sheriffs", who may work anywhere in Scotland. There are about 140 full-time sheriffs in the various courts and a number of part-time sheriffs. They are appointed on the recommendation of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Judicial_Appointments_Board_for_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland">Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland</a>. Until 1999, there were also "temporary sheriffs" who were appointed by the executive year by year and only sat for particular days by invitation; this class of sheriff was abolished as being inconsistent with judicial independence (contrary to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Article_6_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights">article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights</a>) following the decision of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a> in <i>Starrs v Ruxton</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The sheriff courts are the main criminal courts. The procedure followed may either be <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solemn_procedure?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Solemn procedure">solemn procedure</a>, where the Sheriff sits with a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Trial_by_jury_in_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Trial by jury in Scotland">jury of fifteen</a>; or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Summary_offence?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Summary offence">summary procedure</a>, where the sheriff sits alone in a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bench_trial?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bench trial">bench trial</a>. From 10 December 2007, the maximum penalty that may be imposed in summary cases is 12 months <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Imprisonment?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Imprisonment">imprisonment</a> and/or a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pound_sterling?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pound sterling">£</a>10,000 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fine_(penalty)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fine (penalty)">fine</a>, and in solemn cases 5 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Since 2017, appeals against <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Conviction?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Conviction">conviction</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sentence_(law)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sentence (law)">sentence</a> from the justice of the peace and sheriff courts in summary procedure are remitted to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_Appeal_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff Appeal Court">Sheriff Appeal Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gill_6-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gill-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Sheriff Appeal Court can <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Criminal_referral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Criminal referral">refer</a></i> a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Question_of_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Question of law">point of law</a> to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gill_6-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gill-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Staffing">Staffing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Staffing" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The Courts are staffed by civil servants who are employed by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Courts_and_Tribunals_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service">Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service</a> which is a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-ministerial_government_department?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Non-ministerial government department">non-ministerial government department</a> whose corporate board is chaired by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President of the Court of Session</a>, and is independent of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scottish_Ministers?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Ministers">Scottish Ministers</a>. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service publishes an online map, lists of Sheriffs, and the rules of the court under different procedures.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Sheriffdoms">Sheriffdoms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Sheriffdoms" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>There are six <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriffdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriffdom">sheriffdoms</a> in Scotland, each with a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_Principal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheriff Principal">sheriff principal</a>. Within each sheriffdom are sheriff court districts, each with a court presided over by one or more sheriffs. The most senior civil servant in each Court is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_clerk&action=edit&redlink=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="new" title="Sheriff clerk (page does not exist)">sheriff clerk</a> and he or she is charged directly with the management of the Court. The Sheriffdoms are Glasgow and Strathkelvin, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Grampian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Grampian">Grampian, Highland and Islands</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lothian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lothian">Lothian and Borders</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Strathclyde?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Strathclyde">North Strathclyde</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dumfries and Galloway">South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fife?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fife">Tayside Central and Fife</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Sheriff_Court,_Edinburgh.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/220px-Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2032" data-file-height="1524"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/220px-Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/330px-Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/440px-Sheriff_Court%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> The main Sheriff Court in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edinburgh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. </figcaption> </figure> <p>As of 1 February 2015, there are 39 Sheriff Courts in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some, in rural areas of Scotland, are small due to the sparse population. Courts such as those in the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow have a large number of staff and can in one day deal with hundreds of cases. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Glasgow_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Glasgow Sheriff Court">Glasgow Sheriff Court</a>, for example, is the busiest Court in Europe.</p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Sheriffdom</th> <th>Sheriff Principal<sup id="cite_ref-sheriffsprincipal_10-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-sheriffsprincipal-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Sheriff Court</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Glasgow and Strathkelvin</td> <td>Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Glasgow_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Glasgow Sheriff Court">Glasgow and Strathkelvin Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="13"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Grampian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Grampian">Grampian</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Highland_(region)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Highland (region)">Highlands</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Western_Isles?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Isles">Islands</a></td> <td rowspan="13">Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aberdeen_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdeen Sheriff Court">Aberdeen Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Banff_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Banff Sheriff Court">Banff Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elgin_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elgin Sheriff Court">Elgin Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fort_William_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fort William Sheriff Court">Fort William Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Inverness_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Inverness Sheriff Court">Inverness Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kirkwall_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kirkwall Sheriff Court">Kirkwall Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lerwick_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Lerwick Sheriff Court">Lerwick Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lochmaddy_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lochmaddy Sheriff Court">Lochmaddy Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Peterhead_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Peterhead Sheriff Court">Peterhead Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Portree_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Portree Sheriff Court">Portree Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stornoway_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stornoway Sheriff Court">Stornoway Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tain_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Tain Sheriff Court">Tain Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wick_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wick Sheriff Court">Wick Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lothian_and_Borders?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lothian and Borders">Lothian and Borders</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Sheriff Principal Nigel Ross</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edinburgh_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edinburgh Sheriff Court">Edinburgh Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jedburgh_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jedburgh Sheriff Court">Jedburgh Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Livingston_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Livingston Sheriff Court">Livingston Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Selkirk_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Selkirk Sheriff Court">Selkirk Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Strathclyde?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Strathclyde">North Strathclyde</a></td> <td rowspan="7">Sheriff Principal Sean Murphy KC</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Campbeltown_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Campbeltown Sheriff Court">Campbeltown Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dumbarton_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dumbarton Sheriff Court">Dumbarton Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dunoon_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dunoon Sheriff Court">Dunoon Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Greenock_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Greenock Sheriff Court">Greenock Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kilmarnock_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kilmarnock Sheriff Court">Kilmarnock Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oban_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Oban Sheriff Court">Oban Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Paisley_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Paisley Sheriff Court">Paisley Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dumfries and Galloway">South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway</a></td> <td rowspan="6">Sheriff Principal Kate Dowdalls</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Airdrie_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Airdrie Sheriff Court">Airdrie Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ayr_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayr Sheriff Court">Ayr Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dumfries_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dumfries Sheriff Court">Dumfries Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hamilton_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hamilton Sheriff Court">Hamilton Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lanark_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lanark Sheriff Court">Lanark Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stranraer_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stranraer Sheriff Court">Stranraer Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fife?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fife">Tayside Central and Fife</a></td> <td rowspan="8">Sheriff Principal Gillian Wade KC</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alloa_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Alloa Sheriff Court">Alloa Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dundee_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dundee Sheriff Court">Dundee Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dunfermline_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunfermline Sheriff Court">Dunfermline Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Falkirk_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Falkirk Sheriff Court">Falkirk Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Forfar_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Forfar Sheriff Court">Forfar Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kirkcaldy_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court">Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Perth_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Perth Sheriff Court">Perth Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stirling_Sheriff_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stirling Sheriff Court">Stirling Sheriff Court</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Relationship_to_other_courts">Relationship to other courts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Relationship to other courts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>Sheriff Courts are above local <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace_Courts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace Courts">Justice of the Peace Courts</a> who deal with very minor offences and below the Supreme Courts. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a> deals with serious criminal matters, such as murder, rape and treason, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Court_of_Session?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a> is Scotland's supreme civil court.</p> <p>Any final decision of a Sheriff may be appealed. On 1 January 2016 the right of appeal to the Sheriff Principal was abolished and instead an appeal lies to the newly created <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_Appeal_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff Appeal Court">Sheriff Appeal Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All Criminal decisions were formally appealed to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>, but as of 22 September 2015 appeals in summary cases and appeals against bail decisions go to the Sheriff Appeal Court with appeals from Solemn cases going to the High Court of Justiciary.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Reform_of_civil_procedure">Reform of civil procedure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Reform of civil procedure" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <p>In 2009 Lord Gill, the Lord Justice Clerk, delivered his <i>Scottish Civil Courts Review</i> which was heralded as the "most far-reaching reform of Scotland's civil justice system in nearly two centuries".<sup id="cite_ref-SC20091001_13-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-SC20091001-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Among his 206 proposals were:<sup id="cite_ref-SC20091001_13-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-SC20091001-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <ul> <li>a major shift of work from the Court of Session to sheriff courts,</li> <li>removal of the jurisdictional overlap between those courts,</li> <li>specialisation of sheriffs in areas such as family law, commerce, personal injury,</li> <li>new district judges to deal with less legally complicated and low-value civil actions such as small claims and housing disputes.</li> </ul> <p>In November 2010 the Scottish Government released its response to the <i>Review</i> accepting "the majority of Lord Gill's recommendations" including expressly the following proposals:<sup id="cite_ref-Gillresponse_14-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Gillresponse-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <ul> <li>"Civil court business should be reallocated to more appropriate levels, with a far greater proportion of civil court business to be heard by the sheriff courts</li> <li>"A specialised personal injury court should be established as part of Edinburgh Sheriff Court</li> <li>"The creation of a new Sheriff Appeal Court</li> <li>"The introduction of a new role of District Judge</li> <li>"Adoption of an improved and more active approach to case management</li> <li>"The introduction of designated specialist judges"</li> </ul> <p>In October 2011, the Scottish Government announced consultation on appointments to a new Scottish Civil Justice Council to draft rules of procedure for civil proceedings in the Court of Session and sheriff court. The establishment of the Council was one of Lord Gill's 2009 recommendations.<sup id="cite_ref-Mondaq_15-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Mondaq-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new Scottish Civil Justice Council was formally established on 28 May 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Courts of Scotland">Courts of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scots_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scots law">Scots law</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff-substitute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sheriff-substitute">Sheriff-substitute</a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Sheriff_court&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-JSTOR1132916-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-JSTOR1132916_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-JSTOR1132916_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-JSTOR1132916_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Edwin R. Keedy, "Criminal Procedure in Scotland", (1913) 3 (5) <i>Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology</i> 728 via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1132916">JSTOR</a> accessed 22 October 2011.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-JSTOR753225-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-JSTOR753225_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-JSTOR753225_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">W. E. Dodds, "A Few Comparisons between English and Scots Law" (1926) 8 (4) <i>Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, Third Series</i> 184 via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.jstor.org/stable/753225">JSTOR</a> accessed 22 October 2011.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sheriff_court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Scottish Government, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2010/11/09114610/3">"Part 3"</a>, "Background to the Review", <i>Scottish Government Response to the Report and Recommendations of the Scottish Civil Courts Review</i>, "33. 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