The Inner House is the senior part of the Court of Session, the supreme civil court in Scotland; the Outer House forms the junior part of the Court of Session. It is a court of appeal and a court of first instance. The chief justice is the Lord President, with their deputy being the Lord Justice Clerk, and judges of the Inner House are styled "Senators of the College of Justice" or "Lords of Council and Session". Criminal appeals in Scotland are handled by the High Court of Justiciary sitting as the Court of Appeal.