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The Sheriff Appeal Court (Civil Division) has refused an appeal by a mother against the decision to grant a permanence order in respect of her 10-year-old son, Z, to allow him to stay with his maternal grandparents. The order was originally sought by Scottish Borders Council to a

The Sheriff Appeal Court (Criminal Division) has allowed separate appeals by two men convicted of drink driving against the length of their respective driving bans. Graham Hendry and Walter Grant both pled guilty to charges in contravention of Section 5(1)(a) of the Roa

The Lord Justice General has appointed Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull and Matt Jackson QC to fill vacant positions on the Scottish Sentencing Council. Sheriff Principal Turnbull replaces Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie following his retirement earlier this year. Mr Jackson has been appointed as

A fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of four people in a North Sea helicopter accident has concluded with a declaration that the deaths could not have been avoided in the circumstances. George Allison, Sarah Darnley, Gary McCrossan, and Duncan Munro were travelling to Shetland in

The Sheriff Appeal Court (Civil Division) has ruled that a man who applied for financial provision following the end of a long cohabitation period has had his appeal against the sheriff’s decision not to make an award in his favour refused.  George Duthie, the pursuer and appell

Sheriff Court jury trials delayed as a result of Covid-19 are set to resume in remote jury centres across Scotland following new government funding. The Scottish government has provided £6.5 million to enable the new remote jury centres to deliver capacity for 18 jury trial courts to operate.

The former husband of a woman who sought divorce on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour has succeeded in appealing the manner in which the matrimonial property was divided.  Allan Neill, the defender and appellant, who was not opposed to the granting of the divorce, argued that the sheriff ha

A sheriff has been criticised by judges for conducting a "cross-examination" of a defendant and telling his representative to "sit down". Adnan Ahmed had been convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court of threatening and abusive behaviour towards five women. He would film himself approaching them and asking

Sheriff Graeme Napier at Aberdeen Sheriff Court has refused to deal with any more cases via video link after a particularly challenging connection to HMP Grampian this week. In response to COVID-19, a number of court cases have been conducted using video links to the accused at a police station or p

An appeal by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs against a decision to recall a sequestration under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 has been refused in the Civil Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court.  In the appeal against the sheriff’s decision on the application of the Accountant

Scottish Legal News is saddened to report the sudden death over the weekend of Sheriff Richard Davidson. Richard Davidson, 72, served as Sheriff in Dundee for almost 20 years up to 2016 before serving as sheriff in Fort William and Portree up to his retirement four years ago. Prior to his shrieval a

A sheriff has dismissed an undefended petition raised against a limited company by a pursuer represented by a solicitor without a practising certificate as incompetent and has informed the Lord Advocate of the case. The pursuer, known as FF, sought payment of £10,572.57 from a company, kn

Scottish Legal News has been saddened to learn of the death on 6 April 2020 of Sheriff Deirdre MacNeill QC. Brought up in Aberdeen, she graduated LLB. from Aberdeen University in 1974 and served her apprenticeship in Edinburgh before calling to the bar in 1981. In practice, she took part in the arbi

A man who was convicted of assaulting his former partner and of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner in breach of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 has succeeded in having the former charge quashed by the Sheriff Appeal Court. The convictions of the appellant,

Sheriff Principal Anwar has officially taken her oath of office before the Lord President, Lord Carloway and is now sheriff principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, replacing Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie. She was appointed as a part-time sheriff in 2011 and a resident sheriff at G