SCTS News

Following today's announcement that there is to be a local lockdown in the City of Aberdeen local authority area as a result of increasing Covid-19 cases, the SCTS confirms that, as far as is possible, the court in Aberdeen will continue to operate for business.

Please note that Alloa, Ayr, Falkirk, Fort William, Kirkwall, Paisley, Stirling, Stranraer and Wick Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Courts will be closed for local public holidays on Monday 3 August.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) today opens a new £3.7 million court Annexe in Kirkcaldy.

Please note that Dundee, Forfar and Oban Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Courts will be closed for local public holidays on Monday 27 July.

Grampian, Highland and Islands Sheriff Principal, Derek Pyle, ‘locked up’ and handed over the keys of Inverness Castle yesterday, closing the door on more than 180 years as the Sheriff courthouse for Inverness.