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A foster parent found guilty of sexually abusing two children in his care has had his conviction quashed after his lawyers failed to obtain and lead evidence that could have been used at the trial to “undermine” the prosecution case and provide “support” for his defence. The Appeal Court of

Lord Carloway A man found guilty of committing a breach of the peace after he was seen by neighbours “parading around in a bra” in his own home and spotted “rubbing his nipples” by a passer-by has successfully appealed against his conviction.

A man found guilty of domestic assault after a comment he made to police at the charge bar was used to corroborate his partner’s account of events has successfully appealed against his conviction. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the appellant’s response to a question by a police sergeant aft

The family of a man who died in a road traffic accident after a car driven by his partner crashed into another vehicle are to be awarded damages. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the driver failed to prove that the cause of the accident was something other than her negligence.

A man found guilty of having sex with a child who claimed that a sheriff’s decision to refuse to allow him to cross-examine the complainer on medical records which suggested that she had several previous sexual partners has had an appeal against his conviction refused. The Appeal Court of the High

The ex-wife of a man found guilty of murder and being concerned in the supply of cannabis is to be removed from her “family home” after a judge granted a proceeds of crime order for administrators to recover the property. Margaret Duncan, former wife of convicted killer and drug dealer James Dun

A man who was jailed for two years after being found guilty of assault to severe injury following which his victim died has failed in an appeal against what he claimed was an “excessive” sentence. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary rejected the appellant’s argument that the sente

A man found guilty of rape who claimed that the complainer’s social media posts showed that she had lied to the court about how the incident affected her has had a “fresh evidence appeal” dismissed. The appellant argued that the evidence, which only came to light after the trial, showed that t

A man found guilty of being concerned in the supply of cocaine who claimed that the sheriff misdirected the jury over how they were to treat opinion evidence from a police officer has had an appeal against his conviction refused. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary agreed that the sheri

Thousands of current and former employees involved in an equal pay dispute with Scotland’s largest local authority have successfully challenged the council’s job salary re-grading scheme after complaining that the process was “fundamentally flawed”. The Inner House of the Court of Session qu

A Nigerian entrepreneur who was granted leave to remain in the UK has had a legal challenge against a decision to revoke his permission to stay dismissed. Aberdeen-based businessman Oko O-Ono had set up his own engineering consultancy company offering services to the oil and gas sector, but also wor

Two Pakistani brothers who married two sisters with British citizenship but were refused settlement in the UK have been granted leave to appeal to the Court of Session. A judge ruled that the case raised “an important point of principle or practice” which had not been conclusively resolved in re

A Pakistani asylum seeker who claimed he would be persecuted because of his homosexuality if he was removed from the UK and returned to his home country has successfully challenged a decision to dismiss his appeal. The Inner House of the Court of Session remitted the case to the First-tier Tribunal

A housing association tenant who challenged his landlord’s proposal to increase his rent has successfully appealed against a Private Rented Housing Panel (PRHP) decision as to what was a “fair rent” for the property. By a majority of two-to-one, judges in the Inner House of the Court of Sessio

Appellant bulk importers have had their interlocutory appeal in a criminal case unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court who have ruled grey market goods are caught by the criminal offence in s.92(1) Trade Marks Act 1994. This is an interlocutory appeal in a criminal case in which the