Senators of the College of Justice

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The Senators of the College of Justice are the senior judges who collectively constitute Scotland’s supreme civil and criminal courts, the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of judges ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lords of Council and Session ⓘ
Senators of the College ⓘ
appliesToBodyOfLaw Court of Session rules ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary practice and procedure ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
appointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
appointmentAdvisedBy First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
constitutes Court of Session ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
employer Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ
fieldOfWork Scots law ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
hasDeputyLeader Lord Justice Clerk ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix The Honourable ⓘ
hasLeader Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
hasPart Lords Commissioners of Justiciary ⓘ
Lords of Council and Session ⓘ
hasRank senior judge ⓘ
hasTypeOfMember commercial judge ⓘ
intellectual property judge ⓘ
ordinary judge ⓘ
jurisdictionOver supreme civil court of Scotland ⓘ
supreme criminal court of Scotland ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
legalBasis Court of Session Act 1988 ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
location Edinburgh ⓘ
minimumSize 24 ⓘ
nominatedBy Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland ⓘ
officeType full-time judge ⓘ
partOf College of Justice ⓘ
Scottish judiciary ⓘ
courts of Scotland ⓘ
responsibleFor conducting first-instance civil proceedings in the Court of Session ⓘ
conducting solemn criminal trials in the High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
hearing appeals in civil cases ⓘ
hearing appeals in criminal cases ⓘ
seat Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
subordinateTo Scottish judiciary framework ⓘ
tradition take judicial title on appointment ⓘ
usesTitle Lady ⓘ
Lord ⓘ
wears judicial robes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord President of the Court of Session → memberOf → Senators of the College of Justice ⓘ
Lord Reed → positionHeld → Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Senators of the College of Justice
Extraordinary Lord of Session → relatedTo → Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Senators of the College of Justice
Judiciary of Scotland → hasJudgeType → Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Senators of the College of Justice
Lord Justice Clerk → worksWith → Senators of the College of Justice ⓘ
Lord of Council and Session → alsoCalled → Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Senators of the College of Justice
Lord of Council and Session → hasCollectiveBody → Senators of the College of Justice ⓘ
Robert John Reed → positionHeld → Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Senators of the College of Justice
Lords of Council and Session → alsoCalled → Senators of the College of Justice ⓘ
Lords of Council and Session → alsoCalled → Senators of the College of Justice of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Senators of the College of Justice