Portree Sheriff Court
Portree Sheriff Court is not currently manned full-time. Please contact 01478 612191 before travelling to attend and if you are unable to obtain an answer on that number, please contact Inverness Sheriff Court on 01463 230782 where a member of staff will assist you
Hearings continue to call at Portree Sheriff Court
Jury trials which would otherwise call at Portree Sheriff Court were transferred to Inverness from July this year, due to the ongoing staffing challenges being faced by GEOAmey.
We would like to make it clear that all other hearings, including summary trials and civil hearings will still call at Portree Sheriff Court. Please only attend Inverness Sheriff Court if you have received a citation requiring you to do so.
The
Order published in July requires new jury trials which would have called at Stornoway, Lerwick, Kirkwall, Portree and Lochmaddy Sheriff Courts to call at Inverness, Aberdeen or Peterhead Sheriff Courts instead.
Sheriff Principal Pyle has this order under constant review and is consulting with justice partners with a view to returning jury trials to island courts when practically possible.
Latest covid-19 information
Please check the latest covid-19 information.
If you want to pay your fine or would like information and advice please visit our Pay a Fine page.
Hub Courts for new, first instance custodies
New, first instance custody cases will continue to be heard in hub courts as first instance cases in each Sheriffdom as follows. Thereafter, if a further substantive hearing is assigned this will be to the court of local jurisdiction.
Sheriffdom orders
The following Sheriffdom guidance, information and practice notes apply to this court.
Please also refer to the
Rules and Practice section of the website.
| GHI – Order No 1 of 2024 – Return of Solemn Hearings to Sheriff Court Buildings | PDF | 392.56 KB | 13 Feb, 2024 |
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| GHI Act of Court No 4 of 2023 | PDF | 46.42 KB | 26 Sep, 2023 |
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| GHI Act of Court No 2 of 2022 - Public & Court Holidays 2023 | PDF | 709.35 KB | 28 Nov, 2022 |
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| GHI Act of Court No 2 of 2023 – Public Holidays 2023 Amendment | PDF | 492.67 KB | 22 Aug, 2023 |
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| GHI Act of Court No 3 of 2023 – Public Holidays 2024 | PDF | 501.26 KB | 22 Aug, 2023 |
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| GHI - Order No. 3 of 2023 - Transfer of Island Court Trials to Sheriffdom Hub Courts | PDF | 401.16 KB | 19 Jul, 2023 |
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| GHI Act of Court No 1 of 2023 | PDF | 32.64 KB | 10 Feb, 2023 |
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| Final - Sheriffs Principal Guidance for Court Users - Electronic Submission of Documents | PDF | 227.19 KB | 24 Oct, 2022 |
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| PN no.3 of 2022 - PIDM (003) | PDF | 361.90 KB | 19 Oct, 2022 |
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| Management of Proceedings in the Sheriff Courts (July 2022) | PDF | 181.07 KB | 20 Jul, 2022 |
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| Guidance for Court Users - Child Welfare Hearings | PDF | 172.56 KB | 13 Jul, 2022 |
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| Management of Summary Cause Proceedings Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 | PDF | 193.24 KB | 11 Jul, 2022 |
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| Guidance Civil No 2 | PDF | 244.24 KB | 19 Jun, 2020 |
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| Electronic submission of documents Civil No 4 of 2020 | PDF | 104.73 KB | 26 Jun, 2020 |
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| Guidance for Practitioners and Litigants - Adoption Proceedings GHI | PDF | 104.39 KB | 21 May, 2021 |
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| Civil Guidance - Video Conference Call | PDF | 126.59 KB | 03 Sep, 2021 |
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| 2022 Custody Direction | PDF | 239.43 KB | 19 Oct, 2021 |
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Portree Sheriff Court House dates from 1865 and was designed by the architectural firm Matthews and Lawrie. The jurisdiction of the court covers the Islands of Skye, Raasay and part of Glenelg on the mainland.
Visiting Portree Sheriff Court - Word version
Visiting Portree Sheriff Court - PDF version
Contact Details
Postal address
Sheriff Clerk’s Office,
Sheriff Courthouse,
Somerled Square,
Portree,
Isle of Skye,
IV51 9EH
Main telephone
01478 612191
Sheriff Clerk / Main contact
Court accepts dative petitions, Special Petitions and Requirement of Writings applications only. Inventories and the issuing of confirmation is undertaken at Inverness Sheriff Court
Fax
01478 613203
Email
portree@scotcourts.gov.uk
Jury helpline
01478 612191 (recorded message after 17.00)
Accessibility contact
If you want to contact us using text relay please follow the guidance at this link -
the Next Generation Text Service
If you require the support of an interpreter when you contact the office (by phone or attend in person), a telephone interpretation service is available. To access this service ask for telephone interpreting and the language required.
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
www.contactscotland-bsl.org Directions
The court is situated in Somerled Square in the centre of Portree. Use the journey planner for transportation information.
By bus
Buses from all the outlying and local areas stop in Somerled Square in front of the police station. The police station is situated next to the court house.
By rail
There is no train station.
By car
There is a public car park in Somerled Square with a number of disabled parking places. There is another long stay car park at Bayfield (five minutes walk from the court) which is free.
By taxi
The main taxi rank is in Somerled Square in front of Portree Hotel.
The following numbers can be used to call a taxi:
- 01478 612797
- 01478 612826
- 01478 612074
- 01478 613100
- 01478 611844
- 01478 613000
On Arrival
On arrival please report to the Sheriff Clerk's office just inside the entrance to the court house. You will be directed from there to where you need to go in the building. If you are attending for jury duty please report to the Sheriff Clerk's office.
Disabled access is available from the side entrance situated in the police station car park. This is a small office and it is not always permanently staffed. If you are travelling from a distance to attend the office please telephone to confirm that the office will be open. Language line facilities are available.
Facilities
If you are sitting on a jury, lunch and refreshments will be provided for you if the court sits into the afternoon.
A loop induction service is available in the courtroom for people who have hearing difficulties. Please contact the Sheriff Clerk's office if you require to use this facility.
Pay a Fine
If you want to pay your fine or would like information and advice please visit our Pay a Fine page.
Opening Times
Mon - Thurs - 09:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 17:00
Fri - 09:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 16:30
Please note that this office is not always permanently staffed. If you are travelling from a distance to attend the office please telephone to confirm that the office will be open.
Opening hours for the public counters in all Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Courts during the festive period –
Friday 23 December 2022 – 9am to 3.30pm
Wednesday 28 December 2022 – 9am to 5pm
Thursday 29 December 2022 – 9am to 5pm
Friday 30 December 2022 – 9am to 3.30pm
Normal hours resume on Wednesday 4 January 2023
Public Holidays
2022
December 26, 27
2023
January 2, 3
April 7, 10
May 1, 8
June 5
August 14
September 11
December 4, 25, 26
Complaints
Please refer to the
complaints and feedback page.
Useful Links
Accessibility