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Court Structure

The website of the Judiciary of Scotland provides a useful explanation of the structure of the UK court system.

Court of Session - Judgments
Decisions since September 1998, including opinions in commercial cases since January 1998.
Court of Session - Judgments
Selected opinions since 1028, as well as some prior opinions, including opinions in commercial cases from January 1998. (BAILII)
High Court of Justiciary - Judgments
Full-text criminal opinions since December 1997. Opinions in some sentencing appeals are also included.
High Court of Justiciary
Selected criminal opinions since 1914. Criminal opinions including opinions in some sentence appeals since December 1997. (BAILII)
Sheriff Court
Civil and criminal opinions which deal with a significant point of law or other otherwise of particular public interest since 1997. (BAILII)