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
Open Justice
Informing the Future of Open Justice in Scotland
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
Guidance to Judicial Office Holders on Judicial Ethics in Scotland can be found on the Judicial Ethics and Independence page.
Judicial Attitude Survey
Tribunals
Scottish Tribunals Annual Report 2024-2025
This report covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 and details the work undertaken within the Scottish Tribunals structure during this period.
Scottish Tribunals Annual Report 2023-2024
This report covers the period from 1 April 2023 to March 2024. It details the work undertaken within the Scottish Tribunals Structure.
Scottish Tribunals Annual Report 2022-2023
This report covers the period from 1 April 2022 to March 2023. It details the work undertaken within the Scottish Tribunals Structure.
Scottish Tribunals Annual Report 2021-22
This report covers the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. It details the work undertaken within the Scottish Tribunals structure.
Cross-jurisdiction judicial protocols
See the family law handbook relating to children's cases, and the Protocol regulating direct judicial communications between Scotland, England & Wales and Northern Ireland in such cases. The liaison judge, whose responsibility it is to consider and handle incoming and outgoing requests under the protocol for children’s cases in Scotland, is Lord Braid. The substitute liaison judge is Lady Tait.
There is a Judicial Protocol and Handbook for cases involving adults with incapacity in Scotland, England & Wales and Northern Ireland. The liaison judge under the protocol for adults with incapacity cases in Scotland is Sheriff Joan Kerr. The substitute liaison judge is Sheriff Douglas Keir.
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Factsheets are available on Protective Measures available in Scotland in the context of International Child Abduction as well as those measures available in England and Wales.