A judge has appeared in court after allegedly viewing a case file she has a person interest in, The Register reports. Her Honour Judge Karen Jane Holt appeared at Southwark Crown Court this week over allegations she viewed the file for one Cecil McCready in September 2016.
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Lord Carloway The Lord President, Lord Carloway, has looked at the effect of structural changes to Scotland’s courts system.
Lord Carloway A Korean man found guilty of rape who claimed that he did not receive a fair trial because the interpreter at the trial “impeded” his ability to understand the proceedings has failed in an appeal against his conviction.
Lord Carloway A sales executive who was convicted of embezzling more than £8,000 from his employers has failed in an appeal against conviction despite that fact a sheriff made no finding in fact of “dishonest appropriation” of the cash.
Lord Carloway Once a diet has called when an indictment has been served citing an accused to a preliminary hearing in the High Court, the appropriate court to decide any applications for bail is that court and not the sheriff court, appeal judges have stated.
Rob Marrs Scottish solicitors, paralegals and other legal services professionals can now benefit from new guides aimed at helping them have a smooth return to work after maternity, shared-parental or adoption leave.
Lord Carloway A man accused of being concerned in the supply of drugs who challenged the admissibility of evidence obtained during a search of his vehicle has had an appeal refused.
Lord Carloway A man accused of sodomising a child who claimed the alleged offence arose from the same incident for which he was previously acquitted has had a “plea in bar of trial” appeal refused.
Lord Carloway A law student found guilty of assault with intent to rape whose grounds of appeal were rejected by sift judges has had an application for leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court refused by the Criminal Appeal Court.
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A woman who was sexually abused from the age of seven by her uncle will be awarded damages of £70,000 after judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session dismissed an appeal by the abuser. Lord Menzies, Lord Brodie and Lady Dorrian upheld a ruling of the Lord Ordinary, who decided that it was
Journalist John Forsyth discusses the state of Scots law in the wake of recent Supreme Court cases overturning decisions of the Inner House.
The family of a railway worker who died after contracting an asbestos-related illness will have their action for damages heard by a jury after a judge in the Court of Session ruled that their claim was not excluded from jury trial. The pursuers Andrew Mitchell and others, relatives of the late Walte
