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Opinions, or judgments, are decisions made by judges in court cases.
Key work is planned to the judgment section of the SCTS website on the morning of Tuesday 27 May 2025.
People with RSS feeds and similar notifications that alert them when new judgments are posted are advised to disable these features at this time. This is because the work could result in an extremely high number of notifications being sent.
The update is due to take place between 08:00 and 13:00. No actual current court judgments will be posted during this time.
Search judgments from 2017 onwards by keyword, court or date published. For judgments published before 2017 please see archive.
Sentencing statements, summaries of court opinions and the finding of fatal accident inquiries can be found on the Judiciary of Scotland website.