The Courts Reform (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 successfu ...

passed in October 2014 to improve access to the civil justice system and while making the

Court of Session The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland and constitutes part of the College of Justice; the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary. The Court of Session sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh ...

a place for the more complex cases.

History

The Bill was introduced by

Kenny MacAskill Kenneth Wright MacAskill (born 28 April 1958) is a Scottish politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian since 2019. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2007 to 2014 and was a Member of the Scottish ...

MSP on 6 February 2014. The Bill was passed by the Parliament on 7 October 2014. It received Royal Assent on 6 May 2015.

Provisions

The legislation created a national Sheriff Appeal Court. The legislation raised the threshold from £5,000 to £100,000 for a case to be brought to the Court of Session. Some changes, such as a reduced ability to recover counsel's fees, make arbitration a more attractive means of dispute resolution.

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External links

Progress of the bill
at Scottish Parliament Acts of the Scottish Parliament 2014 Courts of Scotland