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Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has announced the opening of a new office in Edinburgh. The new branch, at 22 Constitution Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 7BT, provide an operational hub for the firm’s east coast operations.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a 57-year-old woman challenging the appointment by her local authority of a welfare guardian with the power to determine where she could live and where she was allowed to go. The appellant, JK, argued that the appointment amounted to a deprivation of

A private landlord who served notice to leave on his tenants by instructing sheriffs’ officers to deliver the notice has succeeded in overturning a tribunal decision that he had not met the statutory definition of a Notice to Leave under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

Figures from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service show that 463 sheriff solemn cases were concluded last month, which is eight per cent higher than the pre-Covid average. The figures show that during April 2021:

Seven members of staff at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court are self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19. The Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) said it was working with NHS Test and Protect and that those required to isolate are doing so.

A pilot initiative at Hamilton Sheriff Court has been agreed upon in order to help reduce the backlog of summary court cases. The initiative aims to reduce the length of trials, and how many cases proceed to a trial, by encouraging early discussions between defence and prosecution to identify cases

A new Vice President and four new sheriffs have been appointed to the Sheriff Appeal Court. The Lord President, Lord Carloway, appointed Sheriff Principal Duncan Murray as Vice President of the court; while Sheriffs Lorna Drummond, Robert Fife, Thomas McCartney and Fiona Tait were appointed as appea

Sheriff courts can now proceed to hear and dispose of cases where it is agreed by parties that they can be resolved without the need for a trial. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, criminal court business in Scotland is currently limited to urgent and essential business which includes custody hearings

Media organisations who claimed that a sheriff’s decision to impose reporting restrictions in a civil case without providing reasons for making the order breached the principle of “open justice” have had their legal challenge dismissed. The BBC, Times Newspapers Limited and News Gr

A man has been sent back to prison after breaking into a sheriff's house, for the second time. Michael Houston, 45, broke in Sheriff Maxwell Hendry's home in Glasgow's Kelvinside only weeks after he was released from prison.

A summary sheriff erred in ruling that a mother’s slap to the head of her four-year-old daughter was not likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health so as to constitute an offence under the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937. The Sheriff Appeal Court held that the sum

A man who spat on a sheriff who refused him bail is now facing imprisonment. Gordon Rose, 33, from Govan, carried out the assault when the court convened outside his cell in August.

Following the extrajudicial settlement of the Heather Capital action in which part-time sheriff Peter Watson was named as one of the defenders, the Lord President, Lord Carloway has lifted the suspension imposed upon him in terms of section 34 of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008. Sheriff