About the Office of the Accountant of Court

The Accountant of Court is an Officer of Court appointed to:

• Supervise the actings of individuals appointed by the Courts as Judicial Factors or Administrators to manage estates under the Judicial Factors Act 1849 and the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995
• Administer or supervise the administration of property belonging to children under the age of 16 years as required by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
• Manage funds consigned with the Accountant of Court in accordance with a Court of Session interlocutor or in the process of liquidation proceedings

Contact the office

Location and postal address

The Accountant of Court's Office
Hadrian House
Callendar Business Park
Callendar Road
Falkirk
FK1 1XR

Phone

01324 678300

Accountant of Court

Fiona Brown

DX

550361, Falkirk 3

Email

accountantofcourt@scotcourts.gov.uk

Social media

Follow @AccountofCourt on X 

Difficulty using the phone

Phone interpreter

A phone interpreter service is available when you contact a court by phone or attend in person. To access this service ask for phone interpreter and the language required.

The phone interpreter service is not available during actual court proceedings.

Text relay service

If you are deaf, have hearing loss or are speech impaired you can contact us for free with Relay UK.

British Sign Language (BSL)

If you use British Sign Language (BSL) and wish to phone us using a sign language interpreter, you can use the online video relay interpreting service. For more information see the Contact Scotland BSL website.

Opening times

The Accountant Of Court is open to the public Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00.

To be sure of seeing a relevant member of staff it is preferable for one to make an appointment. Appointments are available throughout each working day until 16:45.

Public holidays

2024

• January 1, 2
• March 29
• April 1
• May 6
• July 1
• August 5
• September 9
• December 2, 24*, 25, 26

* denotes a half day