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The Accountant of Court is an Officer of Court appointed to:
- Supervise the actings of individuals appointed by the Courts as Judicial Factors or Administrators to manage estates under the Judicial Factors Act 1849 and the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995
- Administer or supervise the administration of property belonging to children under the age of 16 years as required by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
- Administer Child Trust Fund accounts where there is no person who has parental responsibilities for a child under the age of 16 where the child is in care and accommodated in Scotland, all in terms of the Child Trust Fund Act 2004
- Manage funds consigned with the Accountant of Court in accordance with a Court of Session interlocutor or in the process of liquidation proceedings
Postal address
The Accountant of Court's Office, Hadrian House, Callendar Business Park, Callendar Road, Falkirk, FK1 1XR
Accountant of Court, Judicial Factories, Edinburgh Sheriff Court, 27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB
Main telephone
See contact details for the Accountant of Court
Sheriff Clerk / Main contact
Accountant of Court: Fiona Brown
DX
550361, Falkirk 3
550314, Edinburgh 37
Legal post
LP 17, Falkirk
LP 14, Edinburgh 10
Fax
01324 678365
Email
AccountantofCourt@scotcourts.gov.uk
Accessibility contact
If you require the support of an interpreter when you contact a court (by phone or attend in person), a telephone interpretation service is available. To access this service ask for telephone interpreting and the language required. This service is NOT available during actual court proceedings.
If you use British Sign Language (BSL) and wish to phone us using a sign language interpreter, you can use the online video relay interpreting service. For more information see the contactSCOTLAND website. www.contactscotland-bsl.org
The Accountant Of Court will be opened to the public from 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday. To be sure of seeing a relevant member of staff it is preferable for one to make an appointment. Appointments are available throughout each working day until 16.45.