The Sheriff Appeal Court has ruled that a child placed under a child protection order before reaching the age of one had a close connection with his father for the purposes of section 67(2)(c) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011. An appeal was made by JT, the child’s father, a
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Sheriff Alan Miller, a pioneer for protecting the rights of children and young people in Scotland, has been appointed to the independent board for the children’s tribunal system in Guernsey. Sheriff Miller, who has more than 30 years’ experience, previously acted as a consultant to
The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by the father of a six-year-old boy with a chronic health condition against a sheriff’s order allowing his mother to relocate to the Republic of Ireland with him following the breakdown of his relationship with her. AD, the defender and appellant,
An Edinburgh taxi driver who was convicted of a statutory offence of making sexual remarks to two young female passengers has had his conviction replaced by one for the common law offence of breach of the peace after appealing to the Sheriff Appeal Court. Faisal Aziz was originally convicted under s
A sheriff has determined that the death of an employee of Orkney Islands Council who was run over by a tipper lorry while operating a leaf blower could have been avoided with appropriate safety precautions. Keith Johnston, an employee of OIC for some 24 years, died instantaneously as a result of the
An appeal by the mother of a child with global developmental delay challenging the making of a permanence order in respect of her child has been refused by the Sheriff Appeal Court. A permanence order in respect of the child, A, was granted in April 2022, with contact between A and his mother permit
A sheriff has ruled following a fatal accident inquiry that the death of a self-employed Glasgow window cleaner who died after falling off a third-floor window ledge could have been avoided. Kenneth McGready, born 12 October 1950, died while working at a properly on Lansdowne Crescent on 22 Septembe
An appeal in a dispute over the boundary of two gardens of neighbouring Inverness properties involving a strip of land less than 1 metre wide has been refused by the Sheriff Appeal Court. Margaret Dougherty, the proprietor of 110 Old Edinburgh Road, raised the action in the Sheriff Court against her
The Sheriff Appeal Court has set aside orders made by a sheriff under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in respect of a dispute between two divorced parents both seeking residence orders for their three daughters after finding that the sheriff had given inadequate reasoning for his decisions. The she
Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle has offered his thoughts on the future of the justice system in a new era of technology following the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with the Judicial Office for Scotland following his recent succession to senior sheriff principal, the 69-year-old spoke of his experi
The Lord President has appointed Sheriff Adrian Cottam as the next deputy director of the Judicial Institute for Scotland. Sheriff Cottam will take up the post on 1 September 2022 for a period of three years. Sheriff Cottam is a graduate of Dundee University. He joined the Crown Office and Procurato
A complaint against a sheriff who is said to have held shares in Rangers FC prior to issuing 20 warrants during a botched police inquiry into the takeover of the club is being investigated. Sheriff Lindsay Wood's activity is being examined by Craig Turnbull, Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathke
In a blog written for and originally published by the Scottish Sentencing Council, Sheriff Jillian Martin Brown explains the work of the problem-solving court in Forfar. The problem-solving court in Forfar originated out of a partnership between sheriffs sitting in Arbroath Sheriff Court and the Gle
A man who drove a lorry while drunk on from Stracathro to Stonehaven on a dark November night has lost an appeal against his sentence in the Sheriff Appeal Court. Timothy Humphreys was disqualified from driving for 3 years and 7 months and sentenced to 6 months’ cumulo imprisonment after
An Aberdeen sheriff has found that the death of a Croatian man who died at sea while attempting to paint a ship could have been avoided had appropriate safety measures been taken. Pjero Kurida had been employed on an offshore supply ship, the Athina, then owned by ER Offshore GmbH. He died in hospit
