Graeme Dey The former Arbroath Sheriff Court building will be put on the open market if a community buy-out effort does not secure the cash soon, the Evening Telegraph reports.
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Two names in the sheriff officer profession have joined forces in a new venture; Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers. The firm is a collaboration between Alex Irvine (pictured right) and Andrew Fraser (pictured below).
A court officer and popular staff member at Perth Sheriff Court has retired at the age of 65, the Perth Advertiser reports. Colin Aldous began his 15-year career at the court in 2002 following a varied working life including six-and-a-half years with the RAF.
David Wilson The requirements of a valid payment notice issued under a construction contract were considered in a previous update: “A Payment Notice? Be Clear?” with reference to the case of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust v Logan Construction (South East) Ltd (“Surrey and Sussex”) a
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Photo credit: Google Street View) Sheriff James Williamson has criticised prosecutors over the number of cases in Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court which have been postponed due to problems with CCTV evidence, The Herald reports.
The closure of Haddington Sheriff Court has had “a massive effect”, the East Lothian Courier reports. East Lothian’s only sheriff court closed its doors last January, despite efforts to keep it running.
A special Saturday sitting at Edinburgh Sheriff Court will help local school pupils learn about the Scottish justice system. The teenagers from eight schools across the capital are taking part in a MiniTrials event, an initiative developed by the Faculty of Advocates to demystify the law and show wh
The Guardianship Court at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (and the associated AWI User Group) now has a dedicated web page for applications lodged at that court under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. It can be accessed via the Scottish Courts website at http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts
Sheriff Brown Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Jack Brown as Sheriff of the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands, on the recommendation of the First Minister.
Summary sheriff failed to properly consider prejudice to accused in granting motion to adjourn trial
A man accused of a statutory breach of the peace and resisting arrest has had the complaint against him dismissed after successfully challenging a summary sheriff’s decision to adjourn his trial. The Sheriff Appeal Court deserted the complaint simpliciter after ruling that the sheriff failed to
A sheriff in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court at Edinburgh has refused a motion for an interim payment of expenses in an action with an agreed final accounting of £30,000 after finding that delays in assessment of tax by the Auditor of Court was not sufficient reason to grant an
The High Court of Justiciary has quashed a sheriff’s findings that a man who refused to attend a Housing Department meeting to be set up with approved housing during a period of supervised release had breached the conditions of his supervised release order, after finding that the procedure fol
Those who have been involved in the All Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court since it was established in 2015, gathered at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday to mark its 10th anniversary. Among those attending were sheriffs past and present who have sat on the Personal Injury Court.
Sheriff Graeme Watson has been appointed as a specialist to hear cases in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. He was designated by Sheriff Principal Nigel Ross, Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders, as a specialist in actions of damages for personal injury with effect from 1 August 2
