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A trainee solicitor who sought sanction for the employment of junior counsel after settling a personal injury action because of the potential impact on his career of a possible adverse finding on his credibility has had his claim rejected. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court refused

A Polish mother-of-two who moved to Scotland with her children after leaving her allegedly abusive Italian partner has successfully appealed against a court ruling ordering her to return the two boys to Italy for the courts there to determine issues of residence and contact. The Inner House of the C

A man accused of growing cannabis and being concerned in the supply of the class B drug who claimed that he was a victim of human trafficking and had been forced to commit the offences has had a human rights challenge against his prosecution rejected. Quyen Van Phan argued that his prosecution was i

Two airline pilot accused of preparing to fly a passenger jet while under the influence of alcohol have had the charges against them dropped following an appeal. Jean-Francois Perreault and Imran Syed challenged the admissibility of the evidence of the proportion of alcohol in their blood after samp

A father who was seeking to challenge a sheriff’s decision to make an adoption order in respect of his child with no post-adoption contact but then failed lodge the necessary appeal documents has had an application for permission to appeal to the Court of Session dismissed. A judge refused the app

A motorist who reversed his car into another vehicle but claimed that the other driver “exaggerated” his injuries for “financial gain” has had an appeal against a decision ordering him to pay damages dismissed. John Finlay admitted liability for the minor collision with the parked vehicle in

A Scottish local authority which raised an action for £12 million in damages over the loss of a social housing development claiming that a firm of architects appointed as lead consultant had “assumed responsibility” for the other contractors’ negligence has had its claim dismissed following a

The family of a mechanical fitter who died of an asbestos-related illness in England after inhaling the deadly dust while working as an apprentice at a shipbuilding company in Scotland will have to pursue their claim for damages under English law, a judge in the Court of Session has ruled. Relatives

A father-of-two who was sentenced to four years and three months' imprisonment following his conviction of the culpable homicide of his terminally ill wife in what was described as a “final act of love” has been admonished after appeal judges quashed his sentence. Ian Gordon, 67, was jailed afte

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has had a £200,000 claim for interest following his successful £200,000 defamation action against the publishers of the News of the World dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the ex-Scottish Socialist Party leader’s subsequent prosecution for perjury an

A father-of-three who is the subject of two European Arrest Warrants has had an application for leave to appeal against a sheriff’s decision to order his extradition to Poland rejected. The man claimed that his extradition would breach his right to a family life under the European Convention o

A man found guilty of domestic abuse offences despite his former partner denying that she had been assaulted has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed. The appellant claimed that the sheriff erred in repelling a defence submission of “no case to answer”, but the Appeal Court of the High

A father-of-two found guilty of sexually assaulting his daughter and making and sharing indecent images of her has had an appeal against his conviction refused. The appellant claimed that the trial judge erred in refusing a request by the jury to view a number of the images during their deliberation