Sheriff Courts

With the exception of the searchable Judgments database, the following information is available for individual sheriff courts from the Court Locations page. Information of a more general scope, i.e. where the concern is not with a particular sheriff court, but with all or many of the courts, is available via the links below.

Opening hours of court buildings and public counters.

The Scottish Court Service made a commitment to give customers and the general public access to court buildings and public counters for 40 hours per week. The majority of our courts and offices have achieved this target. Details of opening times are available via Court Locations.


Local Holidays

Some courts are closed on local holidays. View individual court opening times on the court locations page. Simply select the court you are interested in and then select the opening times tab.


Daily Lists of Court Business

A searchable database of daily Court Lists is available and is held for 5 business days [inclusive of and following the current day].


Court Judgments Archive

Fully searchable text of court judgments from September 1998 to present.