What is an RSS feed?

An RSS feed allows you to view the latest content from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website as soon as it is published.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service currently publishes RSS feeds for the following indices:

• Judgments
• Fatal Accident Inquiries
• Fatal Accident Determinations
• News
• Publications
• Practice Notes and Directions

Choose an RSS reader

To use RSS you need an RSS reader. Readers can be downloaded for free and can be web-based, desktop-based or mobile-based. There are many options available including Feedly or Feeder.

Setting up your notifications

1. Open your RSS reader, and select to add a new feed.
2. You should be prompted for a feed URL, this is: https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/{indexType}
3. Replace the {indexType} part of the URL with the index you want to subscribe to:
   • Judgments
   • FatalAccidentInquiryHearings
   • FatalAccidentInquiryDeterminations
   • NewsArticles
   • Publications
   • PracticeNotesAndDirections

For example, the Judgments index: https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Judgments

For indices where we have filter dropdowns we can filter by, you can add an extra parameter to the end of the URL in the format {field}={value}.

For example, if you only want to see Judgments which are for the Court of Session, you could create the following RSS feed URL:

For example, the Judgments index filtered by Court of Session:
https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Judgments/?Court=Court+of+Session

Example fields for indices

Below is a non-exhaustive list of values for the fields available on the following indices on this website.

Note, the fields are case-sensitive and the URL uses ‘+’ symbols for spaces for the values, for example:
/?Court=Court+of+Session

Judgments

All Judgments

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Judgments

Filter by Court or Chamber

For example: Court of Session

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Judgments/?Court=Court+of+Session

For example: High Court of Justiciary

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Judgments/?Court=High+Court+of+Justiciary

For example: Upper Tribunal - General Regulatory Chamber

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Judgments/?Court=Upper+Tribunal+-+General+Regulatory+Chamber

Fatal Accident Inquiry Hearings

All Fatal Accident Inquiry Hearings

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/FatalAccidentInquiryHearings

Filter by Sheriffdom

For example: Glasgow and Strathkelvin

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/FatalAccidentInquiryHearings/?Sheriffdom=Glasgow+and+Strathkelvin

Fatal Accident Inquiry Determinations

All Fatal Accident Inquiry Determinations

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/FatalAccidentInquiryDeterminations

Filter by Sheriffdom

For example: Lothian and Borders

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/FatalAccidentInquiryDeterminations/?Sheriffdom=Lothian+and+Borders

Filter by Judge

For example: Sheriff CJ Bissett

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/FatalAccidentInquiryDeterminations/?Judges=Sheriff+CJ+Bissett

News articles

All news articles

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/NewsArticles

Publications

All publications

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Publications

Filter by Court

For example: Sheriff Court Civil

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Publications/?Court=Sheriff+Court+Civil

Filter by Document Type

For example: Frameworks

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Publications/?DocumentType=Frameworks

Filter by Document Topic

For example: Official statistics

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Publications/?DocumentTopic=Official+statistics

For example: Corporate publications

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/Publications/?DocumentTopic=Corporate+publications

Practice Notes and Directions

All Practice Notes and Directions

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections

Filter by Category

For example: Court of Session

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?Category=Court+of+Session

For example: High Court of Justiciary

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?Category=High+Court+of+Justiciary

For example: Sheriff Appeal Court

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?Category=Sheriff+Appeal+Court

For example: Sheriff Court Civil

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?Category=Sheriff+Court+Civil

For example: Sheriff Court Criminal

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?Category=Sheriff+Court+Criminal

Filter by Document Type

For example: Directions

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?DocumentType=Directions

For example: Practice notes

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?DocumentType=Practice+notes

Filter by Year

For example: 2024

https://api.pa.web.scotcourts.gov.uk/web/rss/PracticeNotesAndDirections/?Year=2024