Former advocate and part-time sheriff Raj Jandoo has passed away at the age of 61, the Daily Record reports. Mr Jandoo died from sepsis at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary two weeks ago. His death certificate revealed he had liver disease and lung cancer.
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An appeal against a sheriff’s ruling on appeal from a children’s hearing should be an “exceptional” occurrence since there is a right of review of the original decision after three months, and the European Convention on Human Rights is not intended to provide a “catch-a
Father-of-three fails in appeal against extradition despite wife’s successful human rights challenge
A father-of-three who is the subject of two European Arrest Warrants has had an application for leave to appeal against a sheriff’s decision to order his extradition to Poland rejected. The man claimed that his extradition would breach his right to a family life under the European Convention o
g such an attack. In these circumstances, the sheriff was entitled to take the view that there was no evidence from which it could be inferred that the appellant might have been acting in self-defence.” In relation to the sentence imposed it was argued that although a custodial sentence was approp
A party litigant who was seeking to reduce a will has had an application for permission to appeal against a sheriff’s decision to dismiss his claim and award expenses to the other side rejected. A judge in the Court of Session refused leave to appeal after ruling that the grounds of appeal were
A prisoner found guilty of assaulting a fellow inmate has had an appeal against his conviction refused after claiming the sheriff misdirected the jury over accused’s silence in response to the accusation that he carried out the attack. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary rejected the
A man accused of being in possession of indecent images of children has failed in an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to extend the time bar for prosecutors to bring him to trial. The Criminal Appeal Court refused the appeal after ruling that the sheriff applied the correct test and could not b
A full bench is to review the procedure for challenging the validity of a police search warrant granted by a sheriff and the admissibility of evidence obtained from the search. Three judges of the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court observed that there was “confusion” among the legal professio
Sheriff Susan Craig Sheriff Susan Craig has been appointed by the Lord President as the new Deputy Director of the Judicial Institute for Scotland.
A man accused of historical child sex offences has had proceedings against him deserted after he successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to allow more time for prosecutors to bring the case to trial following inexplicable delays by the Crown in securing the evidence of a key witness. The High
A man accused of housebreaking against whom solemn proceedings were dropped following an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to extend the 12-month time bar has had a further appeal refused after he claimed that the Crown “acted oppressively” by prosecuting him on summary complaint over the sa
A father-of-three who was convicted of a statutory breach of the peace after threatening his estranged wife has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to impose a non-harassment order in relation to his children. The Criminal Appeal Court quashed the order after ruling that the sheriff “di
A sheriff has told a woman who falsely accused a couple of raping her that a lawyer who will have no choice in the matter will be appointed for her after she was unable to get any legal representation. Hannah McWhirter, 21, was meant to be sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court this month for wasting p
The owner of an abandoned heard of pigs and flock of hens has failed in an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to allow a Scottish local authority to take the animals into care and sell them. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Sessionrefused an appeal by Kevin Martin, who claimed that the s
