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Court of Session
"Clerk of Session" redirects here; not to be confused with Session Clerk, see
Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland
or
Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary
.
The
Court of Session
(; ) is the
supreme
civil
court
of
Scotland
, and constitutes part of the
College of Justice
. It sits in
Parliament House
in
Edinburgh
and is both a
trial court
and a court of
appeal
. The Court of Session has
jurisdiction
with the
Sheriff Court
—the other Scottish civil court, which sits locally—and the
pursuer
is given first choice of what court to use. However, the majority of complex, important, or high value cases are brought in the Court of Session.
Legal aid
, administered by the
Scottish Legal Aid Board
, is available to persons with little
disposable income
for cases in the Court of Session.
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