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A law enforcement official who declared he has "zero tolerance for street racing" has been filmed street racing. Video footage shared online appears to show Carmine Marceno, head of Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida, taking off in a Ferrari while his friend filming shouts: "Juice that motherfuc

Details of an "expert" group that will help drive reforms to prevent avoidable deaths in custody have been announced. Justice Secretary Angela Constance is leading the Ministerial Accountability Board overseeing the implementation of actions to address the recommendations of Sheriff Collins’ f

A man who changed his name to Lucifer Of-Darkness had his assault charge called at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday the 13th. Of-Darkness, 41, is accused of punching a man at Edinburgh Waverley station. Formerly Berkani Nahim, Of-Darkness allegedly caused severe injury to Christopher Jamieson

SSSTs – does conversion have a permanent effect on the tenancy? This is the question the Sheriff Court grappled with in a recent RSL eviction action, writes Claire Mullen. In this case, the Scottish Secure Tenancy (SST) had been converted to a short SST, and then back again to an SST.

A doctor convicted of voyeurism offences after secretly recording more than two dozen people over the course of three years has been jailed for 18 months. Dr Ju Young Um was found guilty of 23 charges following a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The 34-year-old installed hidden cameras at his Hyndlan

A prisoner convicted on indictment of possession of offensive weapons at Perth Sheriff Court following a trial at which he was unrepresented has lost an appeal against his conviction. Appellant Richard Mullen maintained that allowing the trial to continue following the dismissal of his solicitor and

A second court has been established for the National Personal Injury Court (NPIC) based at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Following significant year-on-year increases in the number of cases registered, the substantial volume of motions, opposed motions and proof business proceeding each week, the new Cour

A former drama teacher who grossly abused his position of trust by sexually abusing three pupils has been jailed. Craig Smith previously pleaded guilty to three charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 21 March 2025.

TC Young has announced the promotion of Neil Matheson to partner. Mr Matheson joined the firm as a trainee in 2015 and now has vast experience in civil litigation matters at both Sheriff Court and Court of Session level.

Dominic Scullion, Lord Braid and Sheriff Lesley Johnston have updated and expanded Professor Robert Black’s An Introduction to Written Pleading, a much-lauded text first published more than 40 years ago. The book covers drafting the initial writ and the defences; adjustment and amendment; spec

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully obtained a four-figure sum for a client through a simple procedure application to the Sheriff Court. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client had paid a deposit for solar panels that the company failed to install. The client had attemp

A hairdresser who was convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old man with dementia in a care home has lost a Sheriff Appeal Court challenge to the conviction based on an argument that there was insufficient corroboration of the evidence that she had committed an assault. Elaine Murphy, who was convicted

An appeal by the former client of a firm of surveyors against an order for payment for services in relation to a boundary discrepancy at her property she claimed rendered her house unsellable has been refused by the Sheriff Appeal Court. Alias Smith & Garrett Ltd originally raised a Simple Proce

A hospitality business that had a Small Business Grant Fund application refused by a local authority has had an action for payment of just over £39,000 dismissed after a sheriff found that no duty of care was owed to them in issuing the refusal. 4U2 Ltd averred that Glasgow City Council had ne

Graham Johnston and Elizabeth McFarlane reflect on 25 years of the Family Court in Glasgow.  The introduction of divorce into the Sheriff Court in 1984 had a dramatic effect on the number of ordinary civil cases in the court. The sudden inflow of divorce cases (something in the region of 13,000