Court of Session Inner House

E838083

appellate court court of law

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Session Inner House canonical	3
First Division of the Inner House	2
Second Division of the Inner House	2
supreme civil court of Scotland	2
Court of Session, Inner House, Scotland	1
Inner House of the Court of Session	1
Second Division of the 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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ linked to: Court of Session Outer House
appealPermission	leave to appeal may be required in some cases ⓘ
appealTo	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
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 ⓘ linked to: Court of Session Outer House Sheriff courts in Scotland ⓘ
establishedAsPartOf	Court of Session (16th century) ⓘ linked to: Court of Session
governingLaw	Court of Session Act 1988 ⓘ
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 ⓘ linked to: Court of Session Inner House Second Division of the Inner House ⓘ linked to: Court of Session Inner House
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ ⓘ
hears	appeals by stated case in some matters ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Court of Session Outer House ⓘ Scottish tribunals (in certain cases) ⓘ Sheriff Appeal Court (civil jurisdiction) ⓘ linked to: Sheriff Appeal Court Sheriff courts (in certain cases) ⓘ linked to: sheriff court
historicalPredecessor	College of Justice ⓘ
isSupremeCourtFor	civil appeals in Scotland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	Scots law ⓘ linked to: Scots law (to a limited extent)
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ
oversees	consistency of civil law in Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Court of Session ⓘ
partOfBranch	judicial branch of Scotland ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	Lord Justice Clerk ⓘ Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
regionServed	whole of Scotland ⓘ
relatedCourt	Court of Session Outer House ⓘ High Court of Justiciary (criminal supreme court in Scotland) ⓘ linked to: High Court of Justiciary
seat	Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
typicalPanelSize	3 judges ⓘ
usesTitleForJudges	Lady ⓘ Lord ⓘ

How these facts were elicited