A 16-year-old girl who was prohibited from having contact with her seven-year-old brother has lost a judicial review case against a sheriff’s decision to refuse an appeal against the original decision of a children’s hearing to continue his Compulsory Supervision Order with the non-conta
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Scottish legal authorities have failed to explain the fate of an Aberdeen sheriff who was the subject of sexual misconduct allegations almost four years ago. Jack Brown was reported by a female lawyer, referred to as X, in 2018. He was suspended on full pay.
The University of Dundee will next week award an honorary degree to alumnus Sheriff Lindsay Wood. Professor Iain Gillespie, principal and vice-chancellor of the university, said: “Our honorary graduands this year have all made great contributions in their respective fields, echoing the Univers
An application for permission to appeal to the Inner House of the Court of Session by a woman with a mental disorder seeking to prevent a guardianship order being imposed has been refused on the grounds of competence. An application by the woman, JK, for leave to appeal to the Court of Session had a
A man who was convicted of forcing open a secure door and stealing cash from restaurant premises in Edinburgh has lost an appeal by stated case against his conviction in the Sheriff Appeal Court. It was argued by the appellant, Przemyslaw Gal, that the summary sheriff did not have sufficient evidenc
A woman who hired a construction company to build a luxury dog hotel in Aberdeenshire has lost an appeal seeking to reduce a decree ordering her to pay over £40,000 to the company. Laura Tierney originally raised an action seeking repayment of money she claimed had been paid to the defender, G
Edinburgh lawyers have asked the court service to retract a letter which gives an "inaccurate" account of an incident in which a solicitor was removed from a court building on Saturday. Claims made by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) about the solicitor's actions have been challenged
A Crown appeal against the sentencing of a man convicted of assaulting his ex-wife has succeeded before the Criminal Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court, which has imposed a community payback order in place of the original sentence. John Donnelly originally received a sentence of admoniti
The Civil Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court has remitted a claim made under Simple Procedure rules for the return of a television to its original owner back to the sheriff after it was ruled that he was not entitled to determine that its prospective purchaser had failed to comply with an unless o
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has denied claims it gave false assurances that a sheriff court was safe to attend last December following a Covid-19 outbreak. Seven members of staff at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court self-isolated before Christmas after testing positive for
The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court held that the concept of “art and part guilt” had “no part to play” in establishing the statutory offence under section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, but ruled that the misdirections did not result in a misca
A property management company has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision that a burden requiring homeowners in a housing scheme to contribute to the costs of maintaining open ground in the estate owned by the maintenance company was void because it created a “monopoly”. The S
A woman with medical problems and restricted mobility who sued public works contractors after she fell and was injured as she tried to access her front door while excavation works were ongoing outside the property has won her appeal for damages. A sheriff in the All Scotland Personal Injury Cou
A man found guilty of driving his car at a cyclist who had stolen his girlfriend’s bike and causing him severe injury before punching the thief’s friend has had his conviction quashed following an appeal. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court ruled that there had been a &ld
A man has been imprisoned for threatening that he would rise from the dead and kill a sheriff. Becklyn Mindjou, 27, was found guilty of various charges, among them breach of the peace, by Sheriff Gerard Bonnar at Glasgow Sheriff Court on March 29.
