Clerks of Court (Depute Clerks of Session)
The First and Second Division each have a Depute Clerk of Session assigned to them, as does each Outer House Judge. The Depute Clerk acts as Clerk of Court and undertakes civil or criminal duties as allocated to the Judge. In the criminal court the Clerk is designed as a Depute Clerk of Justiciary.
By the very nature of their job, Clerks of Court spend a considerable time every day in Court while it is sitting and accordingly cannot be readily contacted by phone. To make communication with the Clerks easier each has a pager. To make contact with the Clerk please telephone the Court of Session switchboard and indicate to the operator your name and contact number. The operator will then page the Clerk who will return your call as quickly as is possible. (Separate arrangements apply in relation to the commercial Clerks).
| Contact no. | 0131 225 2595 |
| Commercial Clerks contact no. | 0131 240 6790 |
Allocation of Clerks to Judges
Inner House |
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First Division |
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Lord Hamilton, the Lord President and the Lord Justice General |
R. Jenkins |
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Second Division |
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Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk |
D Cullen | |
Outer House |
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| Lord Carloway |
C Truby | |
| Lord Clarke | N Robertson | |
| Lord Hardie | I Martin | |
| Lord Mackay of Drumadoon | K Todd | |
| Lord McEwan | C Scott | |
| Lord Menzies | D Bruton/L McNamara | |
| Lord Drummond Young | J Atkinson | |
| Lord Emslie | C. Reid/L Curran | |
| Lady Smith | C Richardson | |
| Lord Brodie | C Fyffe | |
| Lord Bracadale |
P Fiddes | |
| Lady Dorrian | Mr R Sinclair | |
| Lord Hodge | A Thompson/ D Morrison | |
| Lord Macphail | D Macleod/A McArdle | |
| Lord Glennie | A Finlayson | |
| Lord Kinclaven | R Newlands | |
| Lord Turnbull | N McGinley | |
| Lord Brailsford | W Dunn/T Kell | |
| Lord Uist | P Weir | |
| Lord Malcolm | A McKay | |
| Lord Matthews | R MacPherson | Lord Woolman | L McLachlan |