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An Edinburgh sheriff has determined that an adult did not have the capacity to revoke a power of attorney granted in 2014 in favour of a new one in 2021 after an application was made by the Public Guardian challenging the second grant. Fiona Brown, the Public Guardian, applied under the Adults with

A Kirkwall sheriff has varied a contact order to allow an eight-year old boy to have more contact with his father after his mother unilaterally reduced the father’s residential contact arrangements to reduce the number of weekends he spent with his father.  Pursuer DM, who sought contact

An Edinburgh sheriff has ruled that the affairs of a scaffolding company had been conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of a man who was entitled to half the shares of the company by a stock transfer form completed by a late former director. Paul Curran made an application under section

A Dundee sheriff has ruled that a sum of just over £27,000 paid by two property buyers to a fraudulent bank account in the belief that they were paying a legitimate house deposit did not constitute money transferred under an agreement to which the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 applie

A Perth sheriff has issued a guidance note on the management of criminal cases involving persons, particularly females, requiring hospital-based assessment where there is doubt about their ability to participate in criminal proceedings, after it was agreed that it would be helpful to produce a note

A sheriff has determined that the medical treatment provided to a man who stabbed a pensioner while he was out walking his dog was not inadequate in a way that could have resulted in his death being avoided. Frank Kinnis died as a result of head injuries inflicted in the assault by David Johnstone o

A Falkirk sheriff has granted a renewal of a guardianship order concerning a 25-year-old man with Asperger’s Syndrome and chronic low weight, but refused to grant as part of that a power to determine where the man should live. Falkirk Council sought a three-year renewal of the order on the bas

A sheriff has expressed his frustration at being unable to provide potentially life-saving support to drug addicts. Scotland's drug death total dropped slightly in 2021 but figures show that in Edinburgh they are actually rising.

A fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of two men at a Scottish hotel has concluded with a recommendation that the Scottish government consider introducing a requirement for historic buildings converted into hotels to have active fire suppression systems installed. Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson

A law student who alleged that her human rights had been breached as a result of her university’s handling of a complaint made against her has had her case dismissed by a sheriff in Dundee Sheriff Court. Lisa Keogh, who had a behavioural complaint made against her in March 2021 which was ultim

A sheriff has determined under section 78 of the Extradition Act 2003 that a man who appeared before him at Edinburgh Sheriff Court under the name Arthur Knight was in fact a wanted fugitive sought by the United States of America to face trial. Nicholas Rossi, who was accused of rape in the state of

A Glasgow sheriff has ordered the operators of the SSE Hydro Arena to pay nearly £100,000 to an American religious charity after finding it had no defence for cancelling an event involving a controversial religious speaker. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which arranged with Scottis

An Aberdeen sheriff who was subject to a sexual misconduct hearing four years ago is to face a second tribunal. The Scottish government has confirmed a fresh tribunal will be convened to look at the actions of Sheriff Jack Brown towards a lawyer known as X, following inquiries by The Courier.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against a sheriff’s interlocutor allowing the addition of a crave to prove the tenor of a letter said to alter the terms of a deceased man’s will in a dispute between his four children. Elizabeth Skelton, the first defender in an action rais

A sheriff in Hamilton Sheriff Court has granted decree for recovery of possession to a local authority after it sought to evict a tenant whose son was found with over £38,000 worth of cannabis at the property. North Lanarkshire Council sought the order under section 14 of the Housing (Scotland