MEDIA HUB
Enquiries
If you have a media enquiry in relation to the Scottish judiciary, please email judicial communications or phone 0131 240 6840 during working hours. For urgent, out of hours enquiries, please ring 07827882042. For other queries in relation to courts, jury service and legal advice, please see the contacts page.
Case information
The following case information is available on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals website:
- upcoming criminal cases
- forthcoming Court of Session appeal cases
- local court contact details (to request factual information about a specific case)
- guidance on what information is available
- list of contempt of court orders.
Registered journalists can also access further case details on the online media portal. For information on how to register contact SCTS communications.
For media access to virtual hearings, please identify the case you are interested in from the court rolls and, providing as much detail as possible, email a request to the online hearings inbox.
For direction on which justice organisation to contact and what information is available in relation to cases at different stages of the justice system, a media guide for bona fide journalists is available on request by emailing judicial communications.
Filming
If you wish to apply to record and broadcast court proceedings, read the Broadcast Protocol and complete the appropriate application form found on our publications page.
We issue tweets when publishing sentencing statements; judgment or FAI summaries; and news items. Follow us on @judgesscotland.
Read our Twitter Policy.
Educational material
Educational material is available in relation to Scottish judges; court procedures; and sentencing.
Judicial Independence
Read about Judicial Independence.
Outwith Court
Judges do not make public comment on individual cases outwith the court as all cases must be heard and decided upon based only on the material placed before the judge in court.