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The sheriffs principal have for the first time produced joint guidance on sheriff court practice to achieve greater consistency in courts across the country. A new practice note, which addresses the management of heritable courts, is the first created with collaboration from all sheriffdoms.

A father and son have been sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work for animal welfare offences, illegal puppy farming and a consumer protection offence involving multiple identities to sell puppies on Gumtree. At Elgin Sheriff Court yesterday, Samuel Ronald Hessin and his son Samuel Arthur Hessin were

Prisoner transport firm GEOAMEY has apologised to a Tayside sheriff over a number of disruptive late arrivals. At Forfar Sheriff Court, director Gavin Redmond said he was “embarrassed” by the issues which he blamed on a sharp decline in staff numbers.

An appeal by a man charged with fraud and money laundering against a sheriff’s decision not to grant an application for the disclosure of the prior convictions of an individual mentioned in his special defence of incrimination has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary. The appellant, MA

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has developed a service to allow solicitors to complete an online form to lodge a caveat. This service will be available for both Sheriff Court and Court of Session caveats. One of the key features of the service is a new login process different from

In recent years, three cases before the Sheriff Appeal Court have clarified the powers of a sheriff where a court action is undefended, and have ruled that the sheriff’s power of inquiry is extremely limited. The rulings are significant for creditors engaged in volume litigation – partic

An appeal by a tanning business against an order to compensate an employee after she suffered permanent hearing damage due to being instructed to work with a faulty fire alarm has been refused by the Sheriff Appeal Court. It was argued by Indigo Sun Retail Ltd that the sheriff had erred in finding i

The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into a fire that resulted in the deaths of two hotel guests will begin on 15 August at Paisley Sheriff Court. Richard Dyson, 38, and Simon Midgley, 32, lost their lives in the blaze at Cameron House Hotel in December 2017.

Law enforcement agencies probing suspected financial crimes have the right to additional time when necessary to properly investigate, a Scottish court has ruled. The landmark decision handed down by the Sheriff Appeal Court underlines the emphasis placed by courts on “allowing law enforcement

A Crown appeal against a sheriff’s decision to accept a no case to answer submission from a man accused of committing indecent acts against children has been allowed by the High Court of Justiciary. It had been argued by the accused and respondent, BL, that the evidence led in respect of two c

The Times has published an obituary of Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart, who passed away last month at the age of 79. "In a distinguished legal career spanning more than 50 years, Lockhart was the first solicitor to sit in the High Court as a temporary High Court judge. He was also involved in the f

A sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of three fishermen who died after their lifeboat failed to inflate has concluded that it was not possible to determine the cause of the flooding that caused their vessel to sink, but that failures by the vessel’s owners and the comp

The High Court of Justiciary has refused a Crown appeal against a sheriff’s decision that an indictment against a former teacher accused of lewd, indecent, and libidinous practices against pupils should be deserted. It was pled by the respondent, Paul Cooney, that the Lord Advocate, through th

The trustees of a Kilmarnock leisure centre have been fined after a six-year-old girl nearly drowned in a swimming pool. At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, the trustees of the Kilmarnock Leisure Centre Trust admitted failings under health and safety at work legislation and was fined £10,000.

The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against the decision of the Sheriff Appeal Court to quash the acquittal verdict of a man who was tried for two sexual offences that took place in Scotland and Italy between 1992 and 2001. Stephen Motroni faced trial on a summary complaint libelling