Nautical Assessors (Scotland) Act 1894
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1894 c. 40 |
| Year | 1894 |
Nautical Assessors (Scotland) Act, 1894
(57 & 58 Vict.) CHAPTER 40.
An Act to provide for the attendance of Assessors at the trial and hearing of Maritime Causes in the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts in Scotland, and in Appeals to the House of Lords.
[17th August 1894]
B E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as theNautical Assessors (Scotland) Act, 1894, and shall apply to Scotland only.
2 Appointment of assessors in Court of Session or Sheriff Court.
2. In any action or proceeding in the Court of Session or in the Sheriff Court arising out of or relating to collision at sea, salvage, towage, or any other maritime matter, the Court, if it thinks fit, may, and on the application of any party, shall, summon to its assistance at the trial, or at any subsequent hearing, whether on reclaiming note, appeal or otherwise, one or more persons of nautical skill and experience, who may be willing to sit with the Court and act as assessor or assessors, but, where it is proposed to summon any person as an assessor, objection to him, either personally or in respect of his qualification, may be stated by any party to the action or proceeding, and shall be disposed of by the Court.
3 Note to be made of questions submitted to assessors.
3. The judge before whom any cause is tried with the assistance of an assessor or assessors summoned under the provisions of this Act, shall make a note of the questions submitted by him to such assessor or assessors, and of the answer or answers thereto.
4 List of assessors to be kept.
4. The assessors shall be appointed from a list of persons approved for the purpose, as regards the Court of Session by the Lord President, and as regards the Sheriff Court by the Sheriff of the Sheriffdom. Such lists shall be published as the Lord President, or the Sheriff, as the case may be, shall direct, and shall be in force for three years only, but persons entered in any such list may be...
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