Legal Subject: Clerks of Session

Case Date Legal Subject Abstract
Marshall v. Youngson 1798 Procurator, Court of Session, Agent, Interlocutor, Clerks of Session, Jurisdiction James Marshall, Writer to the Signet, petitioned the Court to alter a recent interlocutor respecting the offices held by Alexander Youngson. Youngson answered, defending his concurrent practice as procurator before the High Court of Admiralty and Writer to the Signet on the ground that the two roles were not incompatible. The dispute turned on whether the office of Writer to the Signet could be held consistently with acting as a procurator in the Admiralty Court.
Robb v. Bogg 1794 Interlocutor, Agent, Clerks of Session, Mala Fides, Suspension, Act of Parliament In Robb v. Bogg, Thomas M'Grugar petitioned the Court to alter an interlocutor that had turned a null decree into a libel and ordered him to plead the merits. Based on the single document cataloged for this case.