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A husband who claimed his wife had “willingly engaged” in sexual activity with another man after he was accused of “coercing” her to do it has had an application to question her about two alleged extra-marital affairs rejected. The accused had intended to attack the complainer’s credibilit

A man found guilty of posting “threatening” messages on a former partner’s Facebook page following a dispute over contact with the ex-couple’s child has successfully appealed against his conviction. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff erred in repelling a defence submission of �

Last week the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) launched its new civil case management system across all sheriff courts. This paves the way for the introduction of the new Simple Procedure from 28th November 2016 and creates the platform to move towards Civil Online. Civil Online, which w

An electricity company which was fined £1.75 million for breaching health and safety legislation after a worker was badly burned has had the financial penalty reduced by £550,000 following an appeal. Scottish Power Generation pled guilty to breaches of sections 2(1) and 33(1)(a) of the Health and

A car finance company which applied to a court to have a customer jailed after he failed to pay the instalments have had their application refused by a sheriff. The pursuers Moneybarn No 1 had agreed with the defender Steven Bell that he would purchase a car for a specified sum, but he did not pay a

The owner of a dog which killed another dog has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to order the animal’s destruction. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff made the order on the basis of “irrelevant” factors and failed to take into account the fact that no person was inju

A man accused of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy at T in the Park who claimed that the police search of him was “unlawful” has had an appeal refused after a sheriff rejected his challenge. Connor McAteer argued that the police officer who carried out the search, a different officer from

that an application for a warrant might be made, Clyde & Co wrote to the sheriff clerk in Edinburgh on 11 July 2016 requesting they be contacted in that event, with a view to S being represented at any hearing, as it would be “oppressive and prejudicial” for a warrant to be granted a warran

Secondary school students learnt about the law at the latest event in the Faculty of Advocates’ MiniTrials scheme at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Three flat-sharing university students who sued their landlady after she failed to lodge their deposit into an approved tenancy deposit scheme have been awarded more than £1800. A sheriff imposed a sanction of £1253 for the landlady’s admitted breach of the tenancy deposit regulations and a fina

A man who was jailed for four months after being found guilty of hare coursing has successfully appealed against his sentence. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed the appeal after ruling that the sheriff ought to have imposed a “substantial fine” as an alternative to custody.

A police officer who clumsily apologised to a woman with a frosted cake that read "Sorry I Tased You" has been put on probation. Stephanie Byron has opened a lawsuit against former sheriff's deputy Michael Wohlers, alleging the cop "used his apparent law enforcement authority to intimidate, harass,

A madam who was jailed for five years for brothel keeping, living off the earnings of prostitution and money laundering faces a £1 million confiscation order as her affairs are wound up. At Stirling Sheriff Court, Margaret Paterson, 63, was ordered to pay back profits from her illicit business.

A drug dealer from Livingston has been ordered to pay £80,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. At Livingston Sheriff Court, Graham Carroll was made subject of the confiscation order after previously having been found guilty of being involved in the supply of "designer" drugs.

Michael Matheson (left) and Sheriff Principal Pyle Concept designs of a new justice centre in Inverness have been unveiled to Justice Secretary Michael Matheson ahead of a public consultation exhibition of the plans.