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Dozens of people are suing a fertility doctor who they say secretly used his own sperm to impregnate women attending his clinic. The serious allegations against Dr Norman Barwin are backed up by DNA tests which claimants say prove he is the biological father of at least 11 people whose parents went

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

Tyre firm Michelin has been fined £5,000 by an employment tribunal for unfairly sacking a grieving worker, The Herald reports. It marks the first time a judge in Scotland has exercised powers granted in 2014 to fine bosses for this kind of behaviour.

Lord Hennessy Wednesday 14 February

A cyclist who was struck by a 4×4 towing a trailer while taking part in a bike race has been awarded £55,000 damages. Graeme Daly, who was participating in a 10-mile team time trial event in Perth and Kinross, was seeking £110,000 following the collision in 2015.

A man accused of assaulting a nursing assisting whose plea of not guilty was accepted by the Crown on the basis that he was unable by reason of mental disorder to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct has had an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to impose a compulsion order dismissed. The S

A Scottish woman who was struck by a motorcyclist after an afternoon of drinking in a pub while on holiday in Spain will have any damages awarded to her reduced after she was found to have “materially contributed” to the accident. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court ruled

Neil Benyon (left) and Sheriff Macfarlane

Peter Lawson Burness Paull has advised on the successful management buyout of Cortex Worldwide from a multi-billion dollar global corporation.

Following successful seminars in Inverness and Aberdeen the next stop on the Terra Firm Tour Bus will be Dundee on 30th November. The first two events were well attended and feedback from both was very positive. The ‘line up’ for the Dundee event is:

A man who tried to argue that he couldn't complete his community service because he was bitten by a snake has been jailed for eight months. Scott Balmer told Ballymena Magistrates Court that he didn't turn up to do unpaid work because he was bitten by a snake and had to see a doctor.

A police officer who was found guilty of careless driving after crashing into another vehicle while responding to an emergency call has had an appeal against her conviction and sentence rejected. The Sheriff Appeal Court upheld a sheriff’s decision to convict and impose a fine after ruling that a

A party in civil proceedings who sought to challenge a sheriff’s ruling not to impose a penalty after the other party was found in contempt of court is entitled to appeal against the decision, the Sheriff Appeal Court has ruled. The court held that the appellant did have a “continuing locus” t

A “bogus workman” who was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempting to obtain money by fraud has had his custodial term reduced following an appeal. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff erred in law by failing to apply any discount.