Offices of Court
The General Department
The General Department deals with actions other than actions to the administrative jurisdiction of the Court which are dealt with by the Petition Department. Actions are started by summons. The purpose of a summons is to set out the basis on which the pursuer seeks to enforce a legal right against another person.
Given the volume of this type of action, the General Department is split into two sections, each run by a Section Manager. Each section's case load depends on the type of action. Ordinary Section deals with Ordinary, Family and Commercial actions and Personal Injury Section deals with Personal Injury actions only.
The main duties of the Section Manager is to check Summons to be signetted for procedural accuracy, advise the Court customers e.g. solicitors and party litigants, of Court procedures. Other duties also include monitoring all processes received back from Court and noting interlocutors, dealing with technical and procedural problems. Section Managers also have overall management responsibility for their sections on a daily basis and are accountable for training and development of their staff to ensure the smooth running of their section.
The Section Manager receives support from the Administrative Officers and Administrative Assistant.
The main duties of the Administrative Officers are to attend the public counter, to check documents lodged for procedural accuracy, to similarly check motions enrolled and to advise the Court customers e.g. solicitors and party litigants, of Court procedures.
The main duties of the Administrative Assistants is to support the Administrative Officers by retrieving and filing of processes, updating the computer system and to support the Administrative Officers and Sections Managers to ensure the smooth running of their section.
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