Court of Session Act 1810

The Court of Session Act 1810^[1] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (50 Geo. 3. c. 112) reforming Scotland's highest court, the Court of Session. This Act was a follow-up Act to the Court of Session Act 1808 in reforming the Court of Session, creating the two divisions known as the Inner House and the Outer House.

Court of Session Act 1810

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for abridging the form of extracting Decrees of the Court of Session in Scotland, and for the Regulation of certain Parts of the Proceedings of that Court.
Citation	50 Geo. 3. c. 112
Territorial extent	Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	20 June 1810
Commencement	20 June 1810
Repealed	10 August 1872
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision Act 1888
Repealed by	Court of Session Act 1988
Status: Repealed

Reform continued with the Court of Session Act 1813 which created the final form of the Outer House, and the Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1815 which introduced trial by jury.

It was repealed by the Court of Session Act 1988.^[2]

References

• Kenneth Reid (2000), A History of Private Law in Scotland, Oxford University Press

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. Court of Session Act 1988, Schedule 2 Part I