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The manufacturers of a prescription drug for people with arthritis which it is alleged caused those who took the medication to suffer heart attacks and strokes have failed in an appeal against a judge’s decision to allow the cases to proceed to proof. The Inner House of the Court of Session refuse

A father-of-one has successfully challenged an attempt by his former partner to remove their daughter from Scotland and take her to live in Northern Cyprus. A judge in the Court of Session refused to grant the specific issue order and residence order sought by the mother after ruling that it would b

An asylum seeker whose claim that he would face “mistreatment” due to his political opinion if returned to his home country of Iran was rejected has now had an application to challenge the decision on the basis that the immigration judge failed to give him a fair hearing dismissed. Shahin Abdull

The Crown has succeeded in an action to recover over £1 million worth of unlawful and incompatible state aid granted to a company in the form of exemption from payment of aggregates levy of the commercial exploitation of shale and shale spoil. A judge in the Court of Session granted decree in favou

The owners of a Speyside whisky distillery who claimed that the development of a new wind farm in Banffshire was “unlawful” on the basis that the construction works did not begin within the five-year time limit imposed upon the developer have had their legal challenge dismissed. William Grant &a

An EEA national who was set to be removed from the UK after being convicted of vandalism has successfully appealed against the deportation order. The Inner House of the Court of Session quashed the order after ruling that it was not open to the First-tier Tribunal to find that the appellant’s cond

Appeal judges have published their reasons for rejecting a challenge by the chairman of Rangers Football Club to a court order requiring him to make an offer for all the issued ordinary share capital of Rangers International Football Club Plc not already controlled by him. A judge had found in favou

A man who claimed he was struck by a car when he was a primary school boy more than 50 years ago in an accident which he could not remember and of which there was almost no evidence has had has claim for £650,000 in damages against a Scottish local authority dismissed. A judge in the Court of Sessi

An energy company which was seeking £130 million in damages from an engineering contractor following the collapse of a tunnel at a Fort Augustus hydro-electric scheme nearly a decade ago has won an appeal. By a majority of two-to-one, the Inner House of the Court of Session allowed a reclaiming mot

A housing association tenant whose application to purchase her home under “right to buy” legislation was refused has had her appeal against the decision dismissed. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a ruling of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland to the effect that the application was �

A widow whose husband died after being choked by a pub bouncer has won a legal battle against insurers after suing the door steward’s former employers for damages. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that an insurance company, which was seeking to avoid paying out on the basis that its liability

An angling group has won a legal battle to sue Scottish Water over a spillage of high-purity acid into a river following an appeal. Devon Angling Association raised an action seeking damages after 12,000 litres of 96 per cent concentrated sulphuric acid leaked into the River Devon from a tank at Sco

A man who was sentenced to five-and-a-half months’ imprisonment for assaulting his wife with one month attributed to a breach of a Community Payback Order (CPO) has had his sentenced reduced after appeal sheriffs ruled that the sheriff’s approach was “fundamentally flawed”. The Sheriff Appea

A man found guilty of dangerous driving who claimed that there was “insufficient evidence” to corroborate his admission that he was the driver and that the warning he received from police that he was to be prosecuted was given “at the time the offence was committed” has had his appeal agains

The owners of a Scottish estate who were seeking to challenge a decision to the effect that they had breached “the right to roam” by locking three gated entrances to the land and by erecting a sign warning of wild boar have had their appeal dismissed. The Inner House of the Court Session has ref