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Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart has sat as a judge for the final time, marking the end of a distinguished legal career spanning more than 50 years.

Prosecutors have successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to desert simpliciter a case against a man accused of a catalogue of domestic abuse charges. The sheriff deserted the trial after the Crown had repeatedly failed to disclose the telephone records of the appellant and his wife, but the C

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against a personal injury sheriff’s decision to sanction the employment of counsel in an action by an electrician who settled a damages claim against his former employers for pleural plaques he developed as a result of exposure to asbestos. Sheriff Pr

A newsagent found guilty of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards young female employees aged between 13 and 16, who claimed that he been denied a fair trial because a sheriff’s comment to one of the witnesses that she had been “very brave” in giving her evidence showed a lack of imp

A sheriff’s as-yet-unreturned wig was just one of the items stolen from court in a number of thefts revealed in new documents, The Herald reports. Crooks have also taken handbags, wallets and computer equipment from Scotland's sheriff courts, security officials have said.

A couple who were the victims of an “intentional course of harassment” at the hands of their neighbours have successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to refuse their claim for interdict. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff erred in law in holding that the appellants’ claim fa

Sheriff Lindsay Wood The Glasgow Drug Court has held its first "graduation". Sheriff Lindsay Wood explains what led up to this momentous event.

A sheriff has called for a change to the summary application rules after granting an order allowing the police to detain a sum of cash seized by officers on the basis that there were “reasonable grounds” for suspecting that the money may be recoverable property. Sheriff Gregor Murray at Forfar c

A man accused of a statutory breach of the peace who was seeking to suspend an apprehension warrant has been told by the Sheriff Appeal Court that his legal challenge was “incompetent”. The appeal sheriffs concluded that suspension of a warrant such as this granted by a sheriff exercising his ad

A sheriff has refused to sanction the employment of junior counsel in a low value personal injury case in which counsel was instructed for the pursuer to ensure there was no “unfair advantage” after the defenders agents had advised they had instructed an advocate to represent them at the proof.

A sheriff has called for defibrillators to be installed in police stations across Scotland after a man died of a heart attack in custody. The recommendations came following a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Kevin McGurty, 43, who died at Annan Police Station in Dumfries and Galloway i

Forfar Sheriff Court (credit: Google Street View) A health board’s “total silence” over the death of a baby has prompted concern from a sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the incident, The Courier reports.

Dundee Sheriff Court (Photo credit: Google Street View) A sheriff has pointed to the “very definite association between Buckfast and violence” after sentencing a man who smashed a bottle of the drink over a boy’s head at a birthday party.

A sheriff’s decision not to impose a sentence on a woman convicted of a statutory breach of the peace and carrying a meat cleaver in public because there was no prosecutor in court when the case called has been successfully appealed by the Crown. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court passed a

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused a motion to remit an appeal to the Court of Session after ruling that the case would not set an “important precedent”. The question to be resolved in the appeal was the proper definition of alienation, and whether the grant of a personal guarantee was an alie