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The court service has maintained a strong fines collection rate, new figures show. Eighty-six per cent of the value of Sheriff Court fines imposed during the three-year period between 1st April 2014 and 31 March 2017 have either been paid or are on track to be paid consistent with the figure at 17 J

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Library Service has won the 2018 LexisLibrary Award for Excellence. Roddy Waldhelm, Head of the Solicitor’s Legal Information Centre (Scottish Legal Directorate) collected the award at the BIALL Annual Dinner in Birmingham on 8 June.

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the Clutha helicopter crash will begin next April in Glasgow. Three people on a Eurocopter EC 135 died when it crashed into the Clutha bar in Glasgow in November 2013. Seven people inside the pub were also killed.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has announced plans to publish a new statistical bulletin providing quarterly data on criminal case activity in the Scottish courts for the first time. The first Quarterly Criminal Court Statistics bulletin, covering the first quarter of 2018, is now

Evidence led trials in the High Court rose by 10 per cent between the first and second quarters of this year due to increased reporting of sexual offending – a trend that is expected to continue.

New guidance has been issued by the commercial judges relating to the recovery of documents in commercial actions, the enforcement of adjudication awards and circumstances in which dispensing with certain of the court’s usual requirements may be appropriate. A revised and updated version of Co

The percentage of High Court trials adjourned due to lack of court time has declined. The figure fell from 2.2 per cent in 2014/15 to 0.9 per cent for the first three quarters of 2018/19 – a drop of 1.3 percentage points, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) statistical bulletin sh

A new fully digital process for simple procedure cases is ready to be rolled out next Thursday, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has said. Civil Online was initially introduced in March last year to allow parties to track the progress of cases in court and was further enhanced in Dec

Gilson Gray and TCH Law were the first firms to use the new fully digital process for simple procedure cases yesterday morning. The full roll-out of the Civil Online service from yesterday allows parties to submit simple procedure cases, pay court fees, submit supporting documents and respond to any

Evidence-led trials in the High Court of Justiciary rose by 10 per cent between 2017/18 and 2018/19, fuelled by an increased reporting of sexual offending cases. The fourth Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service statistical bulletin also reveals that Sheriff Court solemn business shows a seven per ce

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for a cancerous tumour. The 86-year-old judge "tolerated treatment well" and the tumour has been "treated definitively", the court said in a statement.

The first digital evidential hearing in a simple procedure case took place last month in Aberdeen Sheriff Court. This was a significant event as it introduced the first civil case in the UK to be processed from end to end by digital means.

A new initiative will see three sheriff courts, Dundee, Hamilton and Paisley, piloting a new approach to test the benefits of stronger judicial case management and earlier engagement with the Crown and defence agents in summary cases. These pilots follow on from other Scottish Courts and Tribunals S

The value of fines and penalties collected in the last three years has risen in all categories, reflecting consistently strong collection rates, the new Quarterly Fines Report from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service reveals. The 43rd Quarterly Fines Report shows that the value of Sheriff Cour

The volume of High Court indictments registered in recent quarters continues to be above 200 per quarter, a trend expected to continue due to increased reporting of sexual offending. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service's quarterly statistical bulletin also reveal that 2,492 petitions