PUBLICATIONS
Filming, Supreme Courts
If you wish to apply to record and broadcast court proceedings in the Supreme Courts read the relevant broadcast protocol and complete the appropriate application form.
Broadcast Protocol - court procedures
Application to record and broadcast sentencing statements
Application to record and broadcast appeals & debates for news programmes
Application to record and broadcast documentary productions
Application to tweet for non-registered journalists
If you wish to apply to record and broadcast within the court buildings, read the relevant broadcast protocol and complete the application form.
Broadcast Protocol - courts buildings
Application to record and broadcast within court buildings
Social media
Read our Twitter Policy for more information about how we manage @judgesscotland.
Diversity statistics
The Judicial Office for Scotland publishes diversity statistics on the gender and age of Scottish judges.
Judicial Ethics
The statement of the principles of judicial ethics can be found on the Judicial Ethics and Independence page.
Judicial Attitude Survey
Read the Judicial Attitude Survey Scotland 2020
Tribunals
Scottish Tribunals Annual Report 2019-20
The report covers the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. It details the work undertaken within the new Scottish Tribunals structure.
Scottish Tribunals Annual Report 2018-19
The second Annual Report, which covers the period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, details the work undertaken within the new Scottish Tribunals structure.
The President of Scottish Tribunals Annual Report 2018
The Annual Report covers the period from 1 December 2016 (when the first tribunal was transferred into the new structure established under the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014) to 31 March 2018.
Other publications
See the family law handbook relating to children's cases, and the Protocol regulating direct judicial communications between Scotland and England & Wales in such cases.