Forthcoming judicial reviews added to court business web page

Details of non-immigration judicial review cases proceeding to a substantive hearing in the Court of Session are now available on the Scottish Courts & Tribunals website.

The site already lists forthcoming appeals to be heard in the Court of Session, including a brief description of the proceedings to date and the issues raised in the appeal.

Information available on the judicial review hearings includes a brief case summary, together with information on the date permission to proceed was granted and the scheduled date for the substantive hearing. (Click here to view.)

Information on immigration and asylum petitions is not included as the majority of such judicial reviews relate to decisions in respect of individual asylum applications. Information on petitions related to wider policy or public interest immigration and asylum issues will be published wherever possible.

The Lord President, Lord Carloway, said: "This publication, following the publication of forthcoming appeals earlier in the summer, supports greater transparency of cases in the Court of Session."

The Supreme Courts has also launched @SCTSSupremecrts, a Twitter account to share up to date information on Supreme Courts’ business and administrative matters.