Court of Session Inner House
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The Court of Session Inner House is the supreme civil appeal court in Scotland, hearing appeals from the Outer House and other lower courts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Court of Session Inner House canonical | 3 |
| supreme civil court of Scotland | 2 |
| Inner House of the Court of Session | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10049693 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Court of Session Inner House Context triple: [Principal Clerk of Session, worksIn, Court of Session Inner House]
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A.
Court of Session Outer House
The Court of Session Outer House is the first-instance civil court in Scotland’s supreme courts system, where a single judge hears and determines a wide range of civil cases.
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B.
High Court of Justiciary
The High Court of Justiciary is Scotland’s supreme criminal court, responsible for the most serious criminal trials and appeals under Scots law.
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C.
College of Justice
The College of Justice is the collective term for Scotland’s supreme civil courts and associated legal institutions, including the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.
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D.
Judiciary of Scotland
The Judiciary of Scotland is the independent system of courts and judges responsible for administering justice and interpreting the law within Scotland’s distinct legal framework.
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E.
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is the independent corporate body responsible for administering Scotland’s courts and devolved tribunals system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Court of Session Inner House Target entity description: The Court of Session Inner House is the supreme civil appeal court in Scotland, hearing appeals from the Outer House and other lower courts.
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A.
Court of Session Outer House
The Court of Session Outer House is the first-instance civil court in Scotland’s supreme courts system, where a single judge hears and determines a wide range of civil cases.
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B.
High Court of Justiciary
The High Court of Justiciary is Scotland’s supreme criminal court, responsible for the most serious criminal trials and appeals under Scots law.
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C.
College of Justice
The College of Justice is the collective term for Scotland’s supreme civil courts and associated legal institutions, including the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.
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D.
Judiciary of Scotland
The Judiciary of Scotland is the independent system of courts and judges responsible for administering justice and interpreting the law within Scotland’s distinct legal framework.
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E.
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is the independent corporate body responsible for administering Scotland’s courts and devolved tribunals system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
appellate court
ⓘ
court of law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Inner House of the Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appealPermission | leave to appeal may be required in some cases ⓘ |
| appealTo | Supreme Court of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingType | court building (Parliament House) ⓘ |
| canSitWith | larger bench in important cases ⓘ |
| composition | senators of the College of Justice ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| courtSystem | Scottish courts system ⓘ |
| courtType | collegiate court ⓘ |
| decisionsBindingOn |
Outer House of the Court of Session
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sheriff courts in Scotland ⓘ |
| establishedAsPartOf | Court of Session (16th century) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Court of Session Act 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| handles |
appeals on points of law
ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ judicial review appeals ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityLevel | senior appellate jurisdiction in civil matters ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
First Division of the Inner House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Division of the Inner House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ ⓘ |
| hears | appeals by stated case in some matters ⓘ |
| hearsAppealsFrom |
Court of Session Outer House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish tribunals (in certain cases) ⓘ Sheriff Appeal Court (civil jurisdiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff courts (in certain cases) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor | College of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSupremeCourtFor | civil appeals in Scotland ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Scotland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| oversees | consistency of civil law in Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfBranch | judicial branch of Scotland ⓘ |
| presidingOfficerTitle |
Lord Justice Clerk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord President of the Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | whole of Scotland ⓘ |
| relatedCourt |
Court of Session Outer House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary (criminal supreme court in Scotland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seat | Parliament House, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPanelSize | 3 judges ⓘ |
| usesTitleForJudges |
Lady
NERFINISHED
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Lord ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Court of Session Inner House Description of subject: The Court of Session Inner House is the supreme civil appeal court in Scotland, hearing appeals from the Outer House and other lower courts.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Inner House of the Court of Session
this entity surface form:
supreme civil court of Scotland
this entity surface form:
supreme civil court of Scotland