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A man found guilty of stalking who claimed that the sheriff “misdirected” the jury by failing to advise them of the need for his conduct to have caused “actual fear or alarm” has failed in an appeal against conviction, after the Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the misdirection was not a “

Legislation should be passed to make pitch invasions at football matches a criminal offence according to a new report on the incident at the Scottish Cup Final this year. The Scottish Football Association (SFA) commissioned Sheriff Principal Bowen QC to produce the report, which asks whether invadin

A sheriff has suggested Celtic Football Club could take action against a fan who possessed smoke grenades where the law prevented her from doing so. Sheriff Tait at Perth Sheriff Court could not impose a football banning order on Colum Martin, 24, because he had not actually set the canisters off wh

A defence lawyer has called on a sheriff whose brother is a Labour MSP to recuse himself in a case involving former shadow chancellor Ed Balls, suggesting a conflict of interest. But Sheriff Tony Kelly declined to recuse himself after John Flanagan made a motion on the basis of a conflict of interes

A sheriff has criticised the for prosecuting a serial child abuser on a summary rather than solemn complaint — limiting the sentence she could impose on him to a single year, The Herald reports. Sheriff Elizabeth McFarlane expressed frustration that she could only jail David Tannock, 37, for 12 mo

A letter from Jessica M Burns: I have never felt moved to write to your otherwise excellent publication on any previous occasion but do so now in respect of the new item yesterday concerning the sad and sudden death of former Sheriff Andrew Lothian.

The trial of a company blamed for the death of a six-year-old boy, which has still not commenced five years after his death, will be delayed even further after the presiding sheriff withdrew, citing connections to the company directors. Aidan Yule, or Sands, from Dundee, was found unconscious at the

A sheriff has slammed police who offered a man a fixed penalty fine for an imprisonable offence after he caused disturbance in a hospital. Brian Halliburton, of Dundee, followed staff around Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital, filming them and claiming that they were “neglecting patients”. When asked

The Herald has published a full obituary for Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland QC who passed away last month at the age of 91. He was best-known for heading up a 1988 fatal accident inquiry at Aberdeen Sheriff Court into the explosion on the North Sea oil Rig Ocean Odyssey.

The Herald has published a full obituary for Sheriff Brian Donald, who passed away on April 28 at the age of 72. Sheriff Donald played a key role in the inquiry into allegations of child abuse on Orkney in the 1990s and was a well known and popular figure in Scottish legal circles.

A decision by the Sheriff Appeal Court to remit a case of a man convicted of a road traffic offence to the sentencing sheriff to alter the disposal and impose a competent sentence was not within its powers, appeal judges have ruled. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court held that the Sheriff App

A man found guilty of carrying an “offensive weapon” in public after witnesses saw him brandishing two knives and chasing youths in a street “as if he was going to stab someone” has failed in an appeal against conviction. The Criminal Appeal Court dismissed the appellant’s claim that the s

5.45pm Thursday 25th February 2016 Chair: Sheriff Graeme Napier

The Herald has published an obituary of Sheriff Irvine Smith QC, who died on Monday 11 January 2016 at the age of 89.

An oil company has been fined £1.125 million for causing one of the biggest ever gas leaks in the North Sea. Total's Elgin platform, which is located 150 miles east of Aberdeen, began leaking in March 2012 for 51 days.