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Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC Tenants seeking to challenge court rulings granting eviction must have “cogent and compelling reasons” for suggesting that a sheriff’s judgement was wrong.

A solicitor has successfully sued his former firm for his share of “net profits” after a sheriff principal refused an appeal by his ex-partners following a dispute over the terms of the partnership agreement. John Tait raised an action of accounting and payment against RGM Solicitors, but the fi

Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC A motorist who was ordered to forfeit his £15,000 car after admitting two significant drink-related road traffic offences within a period of just over a week has failed in an appeal against what he claimed was a “disproportionate and excessive” penalty.

A man found guilty of sexual assault has successfully appealed against his conviction after appeal sheriffs ruled that there was no corroboration of the complainer’s account. The Sheriff Appeal Court held that with a statutory libel there had to be corroborated evidence of “an assault which was

The owner of a small business who was banned from the road for six months after being caught driving while using a mobile phone has successfully appealed against his disqualification. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed the appeal after the appellant argued that his disqualification from driving would

An agriculture apprentice who was banned from driving for two years after driving a tractor the wrong way along a one-way road in the course of his employment in a family farming business has successfully challenged the period of disqualification. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed the appeal against

A police officer who was banned from driving after jumping a red light and crashing into two cars while en route to an emergency call has successfully appealed against her 12-month disqualification. The Sheriff Appeal Court quashed the sentence imposed and endorsed the former officer’s licence wit

Alan McIntosh warns against the reintroduction of a "a Dickensian-style system of debt recovery". There have been calls of late for the Scottish government to reintroduce warrant sale-style procedures; these seem now to have found a sympathetic ear. The Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB), a governm

John Forsyth John Forsyth discusses the status of evidential child welfare hearings in the wake of LA v JJL.

Mhairi Stephen QC The Lord President has confirmed the appointment of Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC as the President of the new Sheriff Appeal Court and Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC as Vice President.

A photographer groomed young women into taking part in modelling shoots in order to sexually assault them, a jury has found. Simon Scott, 44, from Aberdeen, was jailed for 20 months after being found guilty of offences against five victims.

Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has appointed Melissa Rigby to the position of regional enforcement manager at its recently-opened Edinburgh office. Ms Rigby, who is responsible for service delivery, is a qualified and experienced messenger-at-arms and sheriff officer and joins from Scott & C

An unemployed motorist who was fined a total of £460 to be paid over 92 weeks after admitting driving without a licence and without insurance has successfully challenged the penalties imposed. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that fines were “excessive” and amounted to a “miscarriage of justice

The Sheriff Appeal Court has recently considered the question of whether the assignation of a loan also functioned to assign a personal guarantee which related to that loan, writes Ewan Hazelton. In the recent case of McKinlay v Avellierie Ltd & Anr., Sheriff Principal Ross delivered the opinion

Former boxer Scott Harrison is to be extradited to Spain to serve a prison sentence for two assault convictions after a sheriff granted a warrant sought by the Lord Advocate. The former WBO Featherweight Champion was sentenced to four years imprisonment by a court in Malaga in 2012 and a European Ar