Commercial Law

Commercial Law I

The Scottish legal is split up into two different sections, the civil court system which deals with cases where there are disputes among people or companies, for example eviction or divorce or bankruptcy, and are tried in civil courts. The criminal court system deals with cases where charges have been brought against people or companies, for example rape or murder or large scale fraud, and are tried in criminal courts. I will now talk in more detail about each of the following court systems and show how each one is structured and the jurisdiction each court has within the system.

Firstly is the Scottish civil court system which is split up into three types of courts, the Sheriff Court, the Court of Session and the House of Lords, with Sheriff Court being the lowest and House of Lords being the highest, where the final decisions are made.

Sheriffdom is a judicial district or a county and each one has a sheriff principal. Scotland is split up into six sheriffdoms, which are Grampian, Highlands and Islands/Tayside, Central and Fife/Lothian and Borders/Glasgow and Strathkelvin/North