What is High Court of Justiciary?
{{Infobox high court|court_name=High Court of Justiciary|image=Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Government in Scotland).svg|established={{start date and age|1672}}|country=Scotland|positions=36|chiefjudgetitle=Lord Justice General (chief judge)|chiefjudgename=Lord Carloway|caption=The coat of arms of the King, which is used in the High Court|website=[https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/supreme-courts/about-the-court-of-session/high-court/about-the-high-court www.scotcourts.gov.uk]}} The '''High Court of Justiciary''' is the [[Supreme court|most powerful]] [[Criminal law|criminal court]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the High Court of Justiciary|url=https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/supreme-courts/about-the-court-of-session/high-court/about-the-high-court|access-date=2023-10-05|website=www.scotcourts.gov.uk|archive-date=2023-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123124930/https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/supreme-courts/about-the-court-of-session/high-court/about-the-high-court|url-status=dead}}</ref> It can hear a case that has been [[Appeal|appealed]] (where one of the people involved think a case has been decided wrongly), or if it is a serious case it can be the first court to hear it. When hearing a case that has been appealed, it is sometimes called the '''Court of Criminal Appeal'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=C|url=https://judiciary.scot/home/media-information/glossary/c|access-date=2023-10-05|website=scts_judiciary|language=en}}</ref> It has 36 [[Judge|judges]], who are called ''Lord Commissioners of Justiciary''. They are also judges for the [[Court of Session]]. The chief judge is called the ''[[Lord President of the Court of Session|Lord Justice General]]'', and is also always the chief judge for the Court of Session, where he is called the ''Lord President''. His deputy is called the ''[[Lord Justice Clerk]]''. When it is the first court to hear a case, it can sit in a number of locations. Its permanent locations are in [[Aberdeen]], [[Glasgow]