The president of the High Court is the Lord Justice General , who holds office '' ex officio '' by virtue of being Lord President of the Court of Session , and his depute is the Lord Justice Clerk . The remaining judges are the '' Lords Commissioners of Jusiticiary '' , who hold office '' ex officio '' by virtue of being appointed as Senators of the College of Justice and judges of the Court of Session . As a court of first instance trials are usually heard with a jury of 15 and a single Lord Commissioner of Justiciary ; the jury can convict on a majority verdict . In some cases , such as the trial of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 , a trial can be heard by a bench of judges alone ; sitting without a jury
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
High Court of Justiciary