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Court of Session definition

What does Court of Session mean? The Court of Session is Scotland’s supreme civil court, used for complex and higher‑value civil litigation and appeals. It sits in Edinburgh and is divided into the Outer House (first instance) and the Inner House (appeals). Work includes commercial actions (the Commercial Court), intellectual property, higher‑value personal injury, judicial review of public authorities, and applications for interim interdict and other remedies. Civil appeals generally route from the Sheriff Court to the Sheriff Appeal Court, with onward appeal, by permission, to the Inner House; further appeal may lie, with permission, to the UK Supreme Court. Constituted by statute (notably the Court of...

Appeals and the nobile officium in the Inner House of the Court of Session (Scotland): divisions, rolls, and key procedures and time limits

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Civil justice reform

See our Practice Note, Civil justice reform in Scotland-virtual hearings and electronic submission of documents, for guidance on the current rules and practice in the Scottish civil courts regarding virtual hearings and the electronic signing, transmission and lodging of documents. The Note introduces the Inner House of the Court of Session and examines its composition, jurisdiction, personnel and court rolls in detail as applicable. It sets out the principal kinds of appeal competent to the Inner House of the Court of Session and summarises the nature, time-limits and procedure for: each of the following:

applications for a new civil jury trial
appeals from the Sheriff Appeal Court
statutory appeals
appeals by way of stated case
petitions to the Nobile officium

For detailed guidance on reclaiming motions, see Practice Note: Reclaiming motions in the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland and Procedural requirements for reclaiming key interlocutors to the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland-checklist. For guidance on: appeals from decisions of the Inner House, see Practice Note: Appeals to the UK Supreme Court in Scottish civil cases; and appeals to and in the Sheriff Appeal Court, see the relevant Practice Notes...

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