Courtroom technology

Select a court below to view details of the courtroom technology facilities available. The numbers which appear in the columns are the numbers of units available in the selected court. Clicking on these will bring up explanatory information about the facility and how it is used. (You may also click on the column headings for each type of equipment.)

Court Audio/
Visual
Units		 Document
Cameras		 Vulnerable/
Remote
Witness
Equipment		 Notes

Parliament House - Edinburgh

2

1

0

 Contact the Keeper of the Rolls to make arrangements.

Lawnmarket - Edinburgh

2

2

2

 Equipment is installed in Courts 1 and 3. These courts have also been upgraded to Hi-Tech Courtrooms

Saltmarket - Glasgow

3

3

2

 Vulnerable Witness Equipment is installed in Courts 3 and 6. Courts 3 and 5 have been upgraded to Hi-Tech Courtrooms

High Court Annexe - Aberdeen

2

2

2

 Equipment is installed in Courts 1 and 2. These courts have also been upgraded to Hi-Tech Courtrooms

Aberdeen

2

1

0

 Vulnerable Witness equipment is installed in the High Court Annexe

Airdrie

2

1

1

 'Equipment permanently installed in Court 1. Airdrie has a Solicitors Video Link to Barlinnie Prison

Alloa

1

0

0

  

Arbroath

1

0

0

  

Ayr

1

1

1

  

Banff

1

0

0

  

Campbeltown

1

0

0

  

Cupar

1

0

0

  

Dingwall

1

0

0

  

Dornoch

1

0

0

  

Dumbarton

1

0

0

  

Dumfries

1

1

1

  

Dundee

3

1

1

  

Dunfermline

2

1

1

  

Dunoon

1

0

0

  

Duns

0

0

0

  

Edinburgh

4

2

3

  

Elgin

1

0

0

  

Falkirk

1

1

1

 Equipment permanently installed in Court 1

Forfar

1

0

1

  

Fort William

1

0

0

  

Glasgow

5

2

2

 Equipment is permanently installed in Courts 5 and 6. There are 3 mobile A/V Units. Court 5 has been upgraded to a Hi-TechCourtroom . Glasgow has a Solicitors Video Link to Barlinnie Prison.

Greenock

1

0

1

  

Haddington

1

0

0

  

Hamilton

3

1

1

 Equipment permanently installed in Court 2 (full set) and Court 4 (A/V Unit only). 1 additional mobile A/V Unit is available. Court 2 has been upgraded to a Hi-Tech Courtroom . Hamilton has a Solicitors Video Link to Barlinnie Prison.

Inverness

3

1

1

  

Jedburgh

1

0

0

  

Kilmarnock

1

1

1

  

Kirkcaldy

2

0

1

  

Kirkcudbright

1

0

0

  

Kirkwall

1

0

0

 A basic video link is available - Contact the Sheriff Clerk for details

Lanark

1

0

0

  

Lerwick

1

0

0

  

Linlithgow

2

0

0

  

Livingston

0

0

0

  

Lochmaddy

1

0

0

  

Oban

1

0

0

  

Paisley

2

1

2

 Full set of equipment permanently installed in Courts 1 and 6. Paisley has a Solicitors Video Link to Barlinnie Prison

Peebles

1

0

0

  

Perth

1

1

1

  

Peterhead

1

1

1

  

Portree

1

0

0

  

Rothesay

1

0

0

  

Selkirk

1

1

0

  

Stirling

1

0

1

  

Stonehaven

1

0

0

  

Stornoway

1

0

0

  

Stranraer

1

0

0

  

Tain

1

0

 0  
Wick

1

0

0

  

 

Notes:

The equipment specified is not permanently installed at this Court.

It may be possible to arrange for the equipment to be delivered for a particular case.

Please contact the Electronic Service Delivery Unit for further information.

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Audio / Visual Units

The rack mounted Audio Visual Unit is capable of playing back:

  • Video Tapes - VHS, SVHS and MiniDV in both PAL and NTSC format
  • Audio cassettes
  • The output of a Laptop PC

More information is available here in Portable Document Format (289KB)

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Document Cameras

The Document Camera (also known as a "Visualiser") can display:

  • Documents and Photographs up to A4 size
  • Three dimensional objects
  • X-Ray photographs

More information is available here in Portable Document Format (9KB)

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Vulnerable/ Remote Witness

Equipment The Vulnerable/Remote Witness Equipment is capable of displaying evidence from:

  • A witness situated in a dedicated witness suite within the courthouse
  • A witness situated in any suitably equipped remote location either in the UK or abroad

More information is available here in Portable Document Format (37KB)

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Hitech

"Hi-Tech" courtrooms have been set up with additional fixed viewing screens set into the jury box, by the witness stand and for the accused.

There is usually at least one large wall-mounted plasma screen to allow the public and practitioners in the well of the court to view images or video.

The number and location of screens will vary from court room to courtroom due to the differing layouts.

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Videoconferencing

Solicitors are able to conduct videoconferencing interviews with clients who are in custody at HMP Barlinnie.

At this Court, a dedicated Videoconferencing Booth has been installed for this purpose.

telephoneTelephone 0141 770 2094 to make an appointment.

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