Describe The Structure Of The Sheriff Appeal Court
Sheriff Appeal Court Essay
‘Outline and describe The Sheriff Appeal Court (Civil), which was established on the 1st January 2016’.
On the 1st of January 2016 Scotland’s Sheriff Appeals Court extended its ability to not only hear criminal but also civil appeals. The original sheriff court which was established on the 22nd of September 2015 was set up to hear criminal appeals coming from the Sheriff Court. The idea of the appeal court stemmed from Lord Gill, who wanted to improve the courts appeal system – with the original system proving to be extremely time consuming and costly. He foresaw that a new appeals system would vastly improve parties’ accessibility to justice as well as reducing the time of conclusion to cases. This essay will look at the structure of the appeal court and where it is situated in terms of civil courts in Scotland as well as the types of cases heard here; their procedure and who is involved in them.
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Lord Gill described the previous system in Scottish Civil Courts Review 2009 that the previous justice system was ‘a Victorian model… [that] is failing the litigant and it is failing society’. Prior to the Appeal Court receiving appeals the Inner House received one third of its appeals through the sheriff court with two thirds of these circumventing the sheriff’s principal. Many of these appeals received were not particularly complex and didn’t raise intricate questions of law – ultimately led to a vast amount of judges’ time being spent hearing appeal cases, and had a financial burden on the courts with vast amount of excessive delays, and rescheduled hearings taking
‘Outline and describe The Sheriff Appeal Court (Civil), which was established on the 1st January 2016’.
On the 1st of January 2016 Scotland’s Sheriff Appeals Court extended its ability to not only hear criminal but also civil appeals. The original sheriff court which was established on the 22nd of September 2015 was set up to hear criminal appeals coming from the Sheriff Court. The idea of the appeal court stemmed from Lord Gill, who wanted to improve the courts appeal system – with the original system proving to be extremely time consuming and costly. He foresaw that a new appeals system would vastly improve parties’ accessibility to justice as well as reducing the time of conclusion to cases. This essay will look at the structure of the appeal court and where it is situated in terms of civil courts in Scotland as well as the types of cases heard here; their procedure and who is involved in them.
The Sheriff Appeal Court has been provided with exclusive jurisdiction over all appeals coming across from the Sheriff …show more content…
Lord Gill described the previous system in Scottish Civil Courts Review 2009 that the previous justice system was ‘a Victorian model… [that] is failing the litigant and it is failing society’. Prior to the Appeal Court receiving appeals the Inner House received one third of its appeals through the sheriff court with two thirds of these circumventing the sheriff’s principal. Many of these appeals received were not particularly complex and didn’t raise intricate questions of law – ultimately led to a vast amount of judges’ time being spent hearing appeal cases, and had a financial burden on the courts with vast amount of excessive delays, and rescheduled hearings taking