SCTS News

The Lord Justice General has issued a refreshed Practice Note on Pre-Intermediate Diet Meetings (PIDMs). This updated Practice Note (No 3 of 2022) identifies PIDMs as a continuing feature of summary criminal proceedings as we move forward from the Covid pandemic.

Three sheriffdoms are seeking lay members for their Justice of the Peace Advisory Committees. The committees recommend appropriate candidates for the role of Justice of the Peace.

Ipsos Scotland (the independent research company) and the University of Glasgow, are carrying out research on behalf of the Scottish Government about the impacts of measures introduced during the pandemic, particularly the move to remote, telephone or video hearings.

The Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Case Management of Defended Family and Civil Partnership Actions) 2022 (S.S.I 2022/289) was laid before the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 29 September 2022.

As part of Scotland’s Climate Week 2022, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has set out the growing effort the organisation is making to help tackle climate change.