Country Scotland Composition method Executive appointment Founded 1971 Established 1971 | Location Edinburgh Phone +44 131 271 4350 Decisions are appealed to Court of Session | |
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Authorized by No. of positions Appointed by Lord President Website www.lands-tribunal-scotland.org.uk Address 126 George St, Edinburgh EH2 4HH, UK Hours Closed today SundayClosedMonday9AM–4PMTuesday9AM–4PMWednesday9AM–4PMThursday9AM–4PMFriday9AM–4PMSaturdayClosed Currently Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish Similar Shelter Scotland, National Archives of Scotland, Scottish Law Commissi, Registers Of Scotland, Morton Fraser | ||
The Lands Tribunal for Scotland is a civil court with jurisdiction over certain matters relating to land and property in Scotland. The Tribunal was established under the Lands Tribunal Act 1949, which also created the separate Lands Tribunal in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Although the statutory basis of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland was the Lands Tribunal Act 1949, the Tribunal itself was not actually created until 1971, as there was not considered a sufficient amount of work to be undertaken. The Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 gave the Lands Tribunal new powers to discharge title conditions, which prompted its actual establishment in March 1971. The Tribunal is based in George House, on George Street in Edinburgh.
Aims and Purposes
The Lands Tribunal for Scotland specifies that the main areas of work are:
Composition
The Tribunal is currently composed of a President and three other members. The number and appointment of posts is determined by the Lord President of the Court of Session under Section 2 of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949. The first President of the Tribunal, Walter Elliott, was appointed Chairman of the Scottish Land Court in 1978, and since then both offices have been held together, although the courts remain separate. The President of the Lands Tribunal is not accorded membership of the College of Justice (and subsequently the judicial title, Lord) by virtue of this position but through Chairmanship of the Land Court. The Tribunal should also contain members legally qualified with experience as an advocate or solicitor, and those experienced in the valuation of land, who are to be appointed by the Lord President after consulting the Scottish Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
The current members of the Tribunal are: