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A holistic approach to drug addiction is necessary to free users "entrenched" in their habits, a sheriff at Scotland's only drugs court has said. Sheriff Lindsay Wood presides over Glasgow Drug Court, established in 2001 to reduce drug-related offending.

A man who pled guilty to being concerned in the supplying of cocaine after providing a “safe house” for a friend has successfully appealed against a sheriff’s decision to impose a custodial sentence. James Houten was sentenced to 23 months’ imprisonment after admitt

A former nurse who posed as a male lawyer in order to dupe women into sending her nude photos has been jailed for three years at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court. Adele Rennie, 28, targeted three women mere weeks after having been freed for the same crime, The Sun reports.

A man who was allegedly caught with cocaine on his nose during a traffic stop claimed that it "was not his", police said. Officers who pulled over the car in the early hours of Sunday morning noticed a "white powdery substance" on a passenger's nose.

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of a man convicted of drug offences to the High Court of Justiciary. On 19 December 2017 at Dundee Sheriff Court the applicant, Liston Craig Pacitti, pled guilty to an amended charge of culpable and reckless conduct by supplyin

Clyde & Co has successfully defended the first Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) proof in Scotland in more than 10 years and the first ever disease proof run in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. The pursuer raised an action for £100,000 plus expenses claiming he had develope

A simple procedure claim cannot be combined with another action where the value exceeds £5,000, a sheriff has ruled. A car finance company had raised an action against a customer seeking delivery of a vehicle worth more than £30,000 and an enforcement order under the Consumer Credit

There was a 10 per cent increase in the number of civil cases begun across the Court of Session and sheriff courts in 2017-18, new figures show. The latest civil justice statistics, published by Scotland’s chief statistician today, show that 81,200 civil law cases were initiated across the Cou

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has started work on a two court complex to hear sheriff and jury cases and custody cases in Kirkcaldy.

A man who physically abused his wife and failed to contribute to the household finances or assist with raising the couple’s four children has had a claim for financial provision upon divorce rejected by a sheriff. The court granted the pursuer’s application for divorce after finding that

The Judicial Office for Scotland is pleased to announce that it will be holding two judicial career seminars in February 2019, focusing on upcoming sheriff and summary sheriff recruitment. If you are wondering whether you have the experience and qualities needed to be a judicial office holder, wheth

A local police force urged residents to get "a barking, biting dog" for protection after announcing it did not have enough money to enforce the law. In a Facebook post, Sheriff John Kirk of Martin County in the US state of Kentucky warned: "Law enforcement as we have known for the last four years wi

A woman who claims she was raped by a former partner and that she was the victim of domestic abuse is suing her ex-boyfriend for damages in a landmark legal case. The action will be heard in the Court of Session after a sheriff ruled that the case raised important matters of “public

A mother-of-five who failed to participate in legal proceedings in which her local authority applied to adopt her youngest child has had an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to grant the council’s petitioner dismissed. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff had suffi

A motorcyclist who was injured after crashing into the back of a car which performed an unnecessary “emergency stop” has been awarded nearly £50,000 damages. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court ruled that the driver of the vehicle, who braked suddenly beca