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 Sheriff Court 244 KB | 24 June 2025 PDF 244 KB
Glasgow Alphabetical List 375 KB | 22 September 2025 PDF 375 KB

Grampian, Highlands and Islands

File Type Size
Wick Sheriff and JP Court 239 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 239 KB
Tain Sheriff Court 262 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 262 KB
Stornoway Sheriff and JP Court 218 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 218 KB
Portree Sheriff and JP Court 222 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 222 KB
Peterhead Sheriff and Aberdeenshire JP Court 211 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 211 KB
Lochmaddy Sheriff and JP Court 103 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 103 KB
Lerwick Sheriff Court 179 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 179 KB
Kirkwall Sheriff Court 218 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 218 KB
Inverness Sheriff and JP Court 223 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 223 KB
Fort William Sheriff and Lochaber JP Court 227 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 227 KB
Elgin Sheriff and Moray JP Court 238 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 238 KB
Banff Sheriff Court 177 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 177 KB
Aberdeen Sheriff & JP Court 241 KB | 12 August 2025 PDF 241 KB

Lothian and Borders

File Type Size
Jedburgh Sheriff and JP Court 183 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 183 KB
Livingston Sheriff and Livingston JP Court 252 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 252 KB
Edinburgh Alphabetical List 219 KB | 4 August 2025 PDF 219 KB
Edinburgh Sheriff Court 185 KB | 18 August 2025 PDF 185 KB
Selkirk Sheriff and Ettrick and Lauderdale JP Court 254 KB | 11 September 2025 PDF 254 KB

North Strathclyde

File Type Size
Greenock Sheriff and Inverclyde JP Court 227 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 227 KB
Campbeltown Sheriff and JP Court 217 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 217 KB
Oban Sheriff and JP Court 265 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 265 KB
Paisley Sheriff and JP Court 247 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 247 KB
Dunoon Sheriff Court 242 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 242 KB
Lochgilphead JP Court 159 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 159 KB
Kilmarnock Sheriff and East Ayrshire JP Court 247 KB | 4 April 2025 PDF 247 KB
Dumbarton Sheriff and Dumbarton JP Court 255 KB | 19 June 2025 PDF 255 KB

South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway

File Type Size
Stranraer Sheriff and Wigtown JP Court 239 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 239 KB
Lanark Sheriff and JP Court 197 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 197 KB
Dumfries Sheriff and Dumfries JP Court 216 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 216 KB
Airdrie Sheriff and Coatbridge JP Court 230 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 230 KB
Hamilton Sheriff and Hamilton JP Court 303 KB | 28 April 2025 PDF 303 KB
Ayr Sheriff and Ayr JP Court 259 KB | 6 August 2025 PDF 259 KB

Tayside, Central and Fife

File Type Size
Stirling Sheriff and JP court 223 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 223 KB
Falkirk Sheriff and JP Court 252 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 252 KB
Forfar Sheriff and Forfar JP Court 223 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 223 KB
Kirkcaldy Sheriff and Kirkcaldy JP Court 238 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 238 KB
Alloa Sheriff and Clackmannan JP Court 217 KB | 1 April 2025 PDF 217 KB
Dunfermline Sheriff and Dunfermline JP Court 268 KB | 7 April 2025 PDF 268 KB
Dundee Sheriff and JP Court 276 KB | 19 June 2025 PDF 276 KB
Perth Sheriff and Perth JP Court 219 KB | 6 August 2025 PDF 219 KB