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A seriously injured former police officer has had to drop her compensation case and cannot afford to raise fresh proceedings after the presiding sheriff’s conflict of interest was only realised three days into the case. Lynsey Henderson, 43, who served as a policewoman for 18 years suffered seriou

Forfar Sheriff Court (Credit: Google Street View) A woman is accused of causing the Lord Lyon fear and alarm with her behaviour over 16 months, The Courier reports.

A US law enforcement agency is removing a Bible verse from its patrol vehicles after complaints from secular groups. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office has proudly displayed Matthew 5:9 on its vehicles since a makeover in March.

Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Credit: Google Street View) A landlord in Fife has become the first in Scotland to be banned from renting out properties after doing so despite being denied entry to the council’s landlord register.

Alan McDonald (pictured) looks at a case clarifying the "pre-action requirements" required of standard security grantees. In Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Mirza the Sheriff Appeal Court considered arguments relating to the application of the pre-action requirements incumbent upon secured lenders unde

Lord Carloway New appointments to the office of Appeal Sheriff have been made by the Lord President, Lord Carloway.

Lord Turnbull A man who posted a sexually explicit image of a woman on Facebook after they exchanged naked pictures of each other on Snapchat has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to place him on the sex offenders register.

A man who was seriously injured when shards of glass struck him on the face after another man punched the glass door of a take away is to be awarded damages. A sheriff granted summary decree after ruling that that the defender, who pled guilty to “culpably and recklessly” punching through the gl

Dundee Sheriff Court (Google Street View) A woman has been handed the biggest parking fine ever in the UK, at £24,500, for ignoring more than 200 parking penalties, The Courier reports.

A Crown application to lead hearsay evidence of a now deceased victim of an alleged fraud has been granted following an appeal. A sheriff had refused the application made under section 259 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 on the basis that the statements would amount to the “sole or d

A man found guilty of behaving in a “threatening and abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm” after approaching a 14-year-old girl and asking to go with her to her home has failed in an appeal against his conviction. The Sheriff Appeal Court rejected the argume

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Patrick Hughes and Eilidh MacDonald to the office of sheriff, on the recommendation of the First Minister. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made her recommendation for appointment on the basis of a report by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.

Dundee Sheriff Court (Credit: Google Street View) A paralegal who embezzled more than £40,000 from the estate of her ex-husband’s great aunt has been sentenced to 13 months in jail.

The mother of a child who was placed in the care of a couple later approved as kinship carers has successfully challenged a decision to make an order for the adoption of her daughter. The Inner House of the Court of Session ruled that the decision of the sheriff to make the adoption order and dispen

A new service to support people who may be upset about attending court was launched at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday and is the first scheme of its kind in Scotland. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service launched the service in collaboration with Edinburgh Interfaith Association.