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A former ‘house mother’ who abused children in her care in the '60s and '70s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Retired social worker, Euphemia Ramsay, was found guilty of the cruel treatment of two children while she was employed at Quarriers Village, a residential ca

A 23-year-old man who stabbed a man in the street after asking if he was giving evidence in a forthcoming trial has lost an appeal against an extended sentence of 65 months with a four-year custodial element. Appellant James Dunn pled guilty at a first diet in the Sheriff Court to assault to severe

A recent decision provides much welcome clarity on the application of Qualified One-way Costs Shifting (QOCS), writes Kelly Brotherhood. Some may feel that, like buses, we can wait a long time for an established qualification to the Scottish costs shift in personal injury litigation to turn up. Well

A tram company has been fined £240,000 following the tragic death of a 53-year-old pedestrian. Edinburgh Trams Limited, which operates the tramway system on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, pled guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.

The office manager of an Edinburgh property firm who embarked on a luxury lifestyle after obtaining more than £900,000 through embezzlement and fraud has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Emma Hunt, 37, spent thousands on parties, hospitality at sporting events, hotel stays, a

A solicitor has labelled the delays in Scotland's criminal justice system as a "national crisis", highlighting an instance where a court sat for over 10 hours. Matthew McGovern, who shed light on his experience at Hamilton Sheriff Court on social media, said on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland 

The average time between pleading diet and evidence led trial is 43 weeks for High Court, compared to the pre-Covid level of 22 weeks, new figures have revealed. Data from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) show the volume of cases being progressed each month in the High Court, Sheriff

The High Court of Justiciary has tripled a fine imposed on a care home that pled guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the death of a resident after the Crown challenged the original level of fine as being unduly lenient. Tigh-Na-Muirn Ltd pled guilty to the

In the almost 30 years since the introduction of protocols for personal injury claims, voluntary then compulsory, pursuers and defenders alike have often accused each other of failing to act “within the spirit” of the applicable protocol. The well-worn issue was raised again in two recen

A landlord who was ordered to pay £4,000 to two former tenants after being found in breach of tenancy deposit regulations has had the sum reduced by £1,500 on appeal to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. Gordon Bavaird, a landlord since 2017, had originally taken a deposit from tenants Lis

Elgin’s Procurator Fiscal office is going green to tackle climate change. The premises in South Street will close from Monday, August 14, for up to nine months to allow extensive decarbonisation works to be carried out.

The investigation into the death of an Aberdeen man in police custody almost a decade ago has become Scotland's lengthiest ongoing fatal accident inquiry (FAI), The Press and Journal reports. On June 29 2014, Warren Fenty, 20, suffered a drug overdose and died while in Kittybrewster jail. Sheri

A former GP practice manager whose crimes forced a surgery to close has been ordered to pay back a total of £41,157 under the Proceeds of Crime Act following a conviction for embezzlement. Jacqueline Rodger, 56, had admitted embezzling £155,012 from Greenhills medical practice in East Ki

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Wallace Hunter. Wallace Hunter, 75, died from scalding injuries on 1 December 2019 whilst a guest at Pitlochry Hydro Hotel after experiencing dif

Sheriffs across Scotland make decisions every day in contact/residence cases that will affect the lives of children not just for this month or this year but will influence their relationships for the rest of their life. Their decisions are made ‘in the best interests of the child’. But h