How many appeals (a) from the sheriff court to the Court of Session; (b) from the sheriff court to the High Court; (c) from the High Court …

Answered Asked by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton Con Lodged 11 Feb 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many appeals (a) from the sheriff court to the Court of Session; (b) from the sheriff court to the High Court; (c) from the High Court of Justiciary to the Scottish Court of Criminal Appeal and (d) from the Court of Session to the Inner House of the Court of Session have been postponed as a result of the decision to suspend all temporary Sheriffs and temporary Judges.

The answer

Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 Feb 2000 · 18 days after it was lodged, on time

Adjustments to the programme in the Court of Session after 11 November 1999 have resulted in one appeal from the Court of Session to the Inner House being postponed to a later date.No appeals from the sheriff court to the Court of Session or the High Court, and no appeals from the High Court to the Court of Criminal Appeal have been postponed. However, adjustments to the Appeal Court programme have resulted in the loss of four days for criminal appeals and eight days for summary sentence appeals.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-04327 by reference.