SCTS News

The ongoing GEOAmey staffing shortages are having a significant impact on the operation of all courts across Scotland.

Figures published today by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) show continued improvement in collection rates across most fine and penalty types in Quarter 4 2022/23, including in both value and number.

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has published today the latest monthly workbook to show the throughput of criminal cases in our courts.

Due to technical issues we were unable to livestream today’s procedural hearing for the Petition of the Scottish Ministers for Judicial Review of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (Prohibition on Submission for Royal Assent) Order 2023.

Civil Online Portal and Solicitors API (application programme interface) will be unavailable to users from 08:00 on Saturday 19 August for scheduled downtime to allow essential testing to be carried out on the systems.