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Survey seeks views on citing human rights treaties
Research aims to understand how treaties used in Scots courts and tribunals
Delivery of simple procedure claim must be evidenced
Sheriff Appeal Court rules track and trace receipt must be produced
Supreme Court to sit in Manchester
March 2023 visit will be first outside a UK capital city
Lodge all documents electronically: sheriffs principal
Further guidance issued covering non-commissary civil actions
Maltese road authority held immune from Scottish action
State immunity applied as authority was carrying out state's obligation
Survey running on remote civil court hearings
Research seeks to support future development of digital programme
SLAB tightens practice on representative applications
Sponsor applications in immigration and asylum cases no longer accepted
Lord President reviews Covid recovery in annual address
Address for new legal year surveys progress with recovery programme
Edinburgh court business affected by mourning events
High Court trials relocated; Court of Session to sit virtually
Login warning issued with SCTS caveat portal update
Users will need to clear cookies in order to login again
Kenyan interim order stalls tea pickers' Scottish case
Company attempts to have class action barred because not in Kenya
Update on rules rewrite project reveals emerging scheme
Scottish Civil Justice Council sets out likely shape of civil actions
SLAB consults on "unusual work" civil approvals
Board seeking to develop definition and revised guidance
Mediation planned for county court claims up to £10,000
UK Government believes 20,000 cases a year could be kept out of court
Civil courts caveat portal now live
SCTS confirms launch of new online service
Sheriffs principal issue guidance on court hearings
New statement on holding hearings in person or remotely
POCA restraint order can be varied for civil fees: UKSC
Court dismisses Crown appeal against variation order for civil suit
SCTS caveat portal goes live on Monday
New service requires separate registration from Civil Online
Practice note directs in-person child welfare hearings
Second all-Scotland directive applies to actions raised from 13 July
Supreme Court "thriving" despite COVID: annual report
Cases heard and decided in 2021-22 slightly up on previous year
Heritable court practice note is first for all Scotland
Joint guidance from sheriffs principal aims for greater consistency
Attempt to speed up child case was flawed: Appeal Court
Case to be reheard as sheriff's decision failed to address issues
Extra funding announced for legal aid lawyers
Ministers claim offer final, but Society says it fails to meet need
SCTS advises over Civil Online change of agency
Written request to sheriff clerk needed