Court duty plans

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How to register

Please contact Tracy Brown, Duty Plans Officer, on 0131 240 1945 or by email if you are interested in being included in the court duty plan or would like more information about the scheme or apply by completing the Court duty application form here and return to Tracy Brown with a copy of your practising certificate.

The court duty plans are published below and detail the duty rotas for all Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Courts in Scotland.

 

 

Important information about being a duty solicitor

Our Legal Aid Guidance below outlines the services to be provided by a duty solicitor and information on the current payment arrangements.

Court duty solicitor arrangements

Our obligation to make a court duty solicitor available

Read information about our court duty solicitor arrangements.

Court duty solicitor arrangements

Identification parades and purposes for which a court duty solicitor must be available in solemn and summary procedures

Find out what the obligations are for duty solicitors to attend identification parades and those prosecuted under solemn or summary procedure.

Court duty solicitor arrangements

Continuity of representation outwith your period of court duty

Find out why it can sometimes be beneficial for you to continue to act outwith their period of court duty.

Duty plans

Glasgow and Strathkelvin

File Type Size
Glasgow Alphabetical List 791 KB | 8 January 2025 PDF 791 KB
Glasgow Sheriff Court 712 KB | 15 January 2025 PDF 712 KB

Grampian, Highlands and Islands

File Type Size
Peterhead Sheriff and Aberdeenshire JP Court 592 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 592 KB
Aberdeen Sheriff and JP Court 655 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 655 KB
Inverness Sheriff and JP Court 606 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 606 KB
Elgin Sheriff and Moray JP Court 666 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 666 KB
Wick Sheriff and JP Court 659 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 659 KB
Banff Sheriff Court 556 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 556 KB
Lerwick Sheriff Court 558 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 558 KB
Kirkwall Sheriff Court 677 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 677 KB
Lochmaddy Sheriff and JP Court 317 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 317 KB
Fort William Sheriff and Lochaber JP Court 690 KB | 5 December 2024 PDF 690 KB
Portree Sheriff and JP Court 553 KB | 5 December 2024 PDF 553 KB
Tain Sheriff Court 767 KB | 10 December 2024 PDF 767 KB
Stornoway Sheriff and JP Court 655 KB | 10 December 2024 PDF 655 KB

Lothian and Borders

File Type Size
Jedburgh Sheriff and JP Court 559 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 559 KB
Selkirk Sheriff and Ettrick and Lauderdale JP Court 559 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 559 KB
Edinburgh Alphabetical List 560 KB | 10 January 2025 PDF 560 KB
Livingston Sheriff and Livingston JP Court 606 KB | 6 February 2025 PDF 606 KB
Edinburgh Sheriff Court 343 KB | 6 February 2025 PDF 343 KB

North Strathclyde

File Type Size
Lochgilphead JP Court 490 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 490 KB
Dunoon Sheriff Court 701 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 701 KB
Cambelltown Sheriff and JP Court 595 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 595 KB
Kilmarnock Sheriff and East Ayrshire JP Court 675 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 675 KB
Paisley Sheriff and JP Court 630 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 630 KB
Greenock Sheriff and Inverclyde JP Court 608 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 608 KB
Dumbarton Sheriff and Dumbarton JP Court 723 KB | 2 October 2024 PDF 723 KB
Oban Sheriff and JP Court 777 KB | 15 January 2025 PDF 777 KB

South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway

File Type Size
Dumfries Sheriff and Dumfries JP Court 598 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 598 KB
Lanark Sheriff and JP Court 624 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 624 KB
Airdrie Sheriff and Coatbridge JP Court 616 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 616 KB
Hamilton Sheriff and Hamilton JP Court 759 KB | 5 December 2024 PDF 759 KB
Ayr Sheriff and Ayr JP Court 688 KB | 26 February 2025 PDF 688 KB
Stranraer Sheriff and Wigtown JP Court 669 KB | 4 March 2025 PDF 669 KB

Tayside, Central and Fife

File Type Size
Forfar Sheriff and Forfar JP Court 602 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 602 KB
Dundee Sheriff and JP Court 738 KB | 1 October 2024 PDF 738 KB
Kirkcaldy Sheriff and Kirkcaldy JP Court 730 KB | 8 November 2024 PDF 730 KB
Dunfermline Sheriff and Dunfermline JP Court 777 KB | 8 November 2024 PDF 777 KB
Alloa Sheriff and Clackmannan JP Court 600 KB | 8 November 2024 PDF 600 KB
Perth Sheriff and Perth JP Court 603 KB | 27 November 2024 PDF 603 KB
Falkirk Sheriff and JP Court 682 KB | 6 February 2025 PDF 682 KB
Stirling Sheriff and JP Court 674 KB | 6 February 2025 PDF 674 KB