Organisation
There are six Sheriffdoms in Scotland, each with a Sheriff Principal. Within each sheriffdom are sheriff court districts, each with a court presided over by one or more sheriffs. The most senior civil servant in each Court is the sheriff clerk and he or she is charged directly with the management of the Court. The Sheriffdoms are Glasgow and Strathkelvin, Grampian, Highland and Islands, Lothian and Borders, North Strathclyde, South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, and Tayside Central and Fife.
There are currently 49 Sheriff Courts in Scotland. Some, in rural areas of Scotland, are small due to the sparse population. Courts such as those in the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow have a large number of staff and can in one day deal with hundreds of cases. Glasgow Sheriff Court, for example, is the busiest Court in Europe.
| Sheriffdom | District |
|---|---|
| Glasgow and Strathkelvin | Glasgow and Strathkelvin |
| Grampian, Highlands and Islands | Aberdeen |
| Banff | |
| Dingwall | |
| Dornoch | |
| Elgin | |
| Fort William | |
| Inverness | |
| Kirkwall | |
| Lerwick | |
| Lochmaddy | |
| Peterhead | |
| Portree | |
| Stonehaven | |
| Stornoway | |
| Tain | |
| Wick | |
| Lothian and Borders | Duns |
| Edinburgh | |
| Haddington | |
| Jedburgh | |
| Livingston | |
| Peebles | |
| Selkirk | |
| North Strathclyde | Campbeltown |
| Dumbarton | |
| Dunoon | |
| Greenock | |
| Kilmarnock | |
| Oban | |
| Paisley | |
| Rothesay | |
| South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway | Airdrie |
| Ayr | |
| Dumfries | |
| Hamilton | |
| Kirkcudbright | |
| Lanark | |
| Stranraer | |
| Tayside Central and Fife | Alloa |
| Arbroath | |
| Cupar | |
| Dundee | |
| Dunfermline | |
| Falkirk | |
| Forfar | |
| Kirkcaldy | |
| Perth | |
| Stirling |
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