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People aged 80 and over should no longer be allowed to self-certify their fitness to drive, a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a toddler has found. Three-year-old Alexander Paul Thomas Irvine ("Xander") died on 30 June 2020 after he was struck by a 91-year-old motorist on Morningside Road, E

An Edinburgh sheriff has declared that a retired lecturer who disappeared in June 2023, having last been seen at a beach in North Berwick, had taken his own life by drowning after his children applied to the court for declarator to that effect. The three children of AM sought declarator that their f

The Sheriff Appeal Court has reduced an interim order granted by a Glasgow sheriff giving a woman a right of occupancy in her former cohabitant’s property even though the order was granted nearly a year after they ceased cohabiting. Pursuer Marianne McBride originally obtained an interlocutor

A Glasgow sheriff hearing a defamation action raised by a restaurant operator has ruled that an ordinary reader of comments posted online by a trade union about a wage change by the company would understand that the employees’ wages were being reduced. Ashton Properties (Glasgow) Ltd alleged t

The prisoner reception system should be examined following the death of a man in custody, a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has concluded. William Lothian, 66, died in HMP Edinburgh on 14 May 2021 after hanging himself. The FAI was a mandatory inquiry since the death of Mr Lothian occurred while he was

Two appeals by the pursuer and defender in a dispute over servitude rights over land including a filling station in Ross-shire have been resolved by the Sheriff Appeal Court determining that the defender did not have the servitude rights he claimed to. AC & IC Fraser & Son Ltd initially rais

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against the refusal of a would-be purchaser of land’s counterclaim seeking rectification of two amended agreements to allow him further time to exercise options to purchase. Landowner Luke Wilkes originally raised an action against appellant Edwar

The Sheriff Appeal Court has ruled that parts (a) and (b) of section 81(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 could not be severed from one another, and thus a purported permanence order made by a sheriff in respect of a 16-year-old child in Glasgow was not valid. Glasgow City Council

The Sheriff Appeal Court has passed a Bill of Suspension by ruling that a convicted person allegedly in breach of a Restriction of Liberty Order imposed by the SAC could not have that order revoked by a lower court and replaced with a sentence of imprisonment. Complainer Thomas Kitson had been made

The Sheriff Appeal Court has dismissed an action by a contractor seeking over £110,000 claim from a property developer after an appeal challenging the adequacy of the pursuer’s case based on an oral agreement between directors of the two companies. LHP Solutions Ltd, the appellant and or

The Herald has published an obituary for Sheriff Gerard Considine. "Gerard Considine, who has died aged 57, was a respected lawyer who spent his entire legal career specialising in criminal defence work, latterly as a solicitor-advocate. He was also a president of the Glasgow Bar Association an

The Sheriff Appeal Court has ruled that a sheriff who awarded sole guardianship of a 24-year-old man with autism to his mother without a proof hearing should have ordered one before making a decision. Colin Boyle, the father of the adult “Andrew” appealed against the order granted in fav

Sheriff Jack Brown is to be removed from office. First Minister John Swinney laid an order before the Scottish Parliament that will mean Sheriff Brown, who sits in the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands, is removed from office on 7 June 2024.

A sheriff has concluded that the death of a woman who was killed by her former partner, a man with a serious mental disorder, could have been avoided if Police Scotland had shared relevant information relating to Mr Mark’s mental state with her and NHS staff prior to the incident. Ann Drummond

The Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, Aisha Anwar, has been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as a temporary judge. Sheriff Principal Anwar was appointed sheriff principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway in 2020 and transferred to Glasgow & Strathkelvin in 2023.