The Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 is an
Act of the Scottish Parliament
An Act of the Scottish Parliament ( gd, Achd Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) is primary legislation made by the Scottish Parliament. The power to create Acts was conferred to the Parliament by section 28 of the Scotland Act 1998 following the success ...
passed in October 2014 to improve access to the civil justice system and while making the
Court of Session a place for the more complex cases.
History
The Bill was passed by the
Scottish Parliament on 11 March 2014 and received Royal Assent on 15 April 2014.
Provisions
The Act established the
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and the
Upper Tribunal for Scotland, replacing a number of separate tribunals. It provides for the First-tier Tribunal to be organised into a number of chambers, according to subject-matter and other relevant factors.
It also created the role of
President of the Scottish Tribunals
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to exercise the
Lord President's role in the management of tribunals.
The
Edinburgh Law Review described the Act as 'Align
ngthe devolved tribunals with the reserved tribunals currently operating across the UK'.
[{{Cite journal , last=Craig , first=Sarah , date=2014 , title=More Disputes, Please: The Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 , url=https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/elr.2014.0233?journalCode=elr , journal=Edinburgh Law Review , volume=18 , issue=3 , pages=400-405 , via=Edinburgh University Press]
References
External links
Progress of the billin the Scottish Parliament
Acts of the Scottish Parliament 2014
Tribunals of the Scottish Government