Court of Session

American

noun

(in Scotland) the highest civil court.

Court of Session British

noun

the supreme civil court in Scotland

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His aunt Sharon MacFadyen told the Court of Session in Edinburgh that she did not have words for how horrific the family's experience had been.

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His family has since received an apology from the prison service, Crown Office and Police Scotland after the Court of Session heard that the level of force went beyond what was necessary.

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Ministers then challenged this decision in the Court of Session, sparking a lengthy series of complex appeals.

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But a judge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh dismissed the petition and said there was "no procedural unfairness" in the local authority's vote.

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Three days of legal argument are due to begin at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

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