Mitchell Skilling

The High Court of Justiciary has ruled that a Kirkcaldy sheriff erred in failing to grant an order prohibiting a man charged with offences against his former partner from conducting his own defence in respect of two of the listed charges. A Crown appeal was made after the sheriff refused to grant an

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish Parliament does not have the inherent power to legislate for the holding of a referendum on Scottish independence, as such a law would relate to a reserved matter. A reference to the court was made by the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, under Schedule

A Nigerian national who had a deportation order made against him after being convicted of offences of dishonesty, including fraud, has won an appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales against the Upper Tribunal’s dismissal of his case. Appellant AEB argued that the UT had misdirected

A judge in the English Court of Protection has ruled that the parents of a student who died from a stroke could not remove and store his sperm for the purpose of later conceiving a grandchild after an urgent hearing was convened to decide the matter. At the time of the hearing the relevant person, X

A life prisoner serving a custodial sentence for murder and other offences has successfully had a Parole Board decision refusing to direct his release on licence set aside after making a petition to the Outer House of the Court of Session. Petitioner Dean Ryan was sentenced to life imprisonment with

A former employee of a bed and breakfast has been awarded £1,085 in outstanding holiday pay after he brought a case against his former employers before the Employment Tribunal. Nikolay Nikolov was employed by Craigatin House & Courtyard Ltd from September 2021 to July 2022. He argued that

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has ruled that the First-tier Tribunal erred in questioning the validity of a guarantee agreement between a private landlord and the parent of her tenant in an undefended action by the landlord for payment. Appellant Alice Woro sought payment from respondent Ian Brown

An Employment Tribunal judge has struck out a claim by a former employee of an Edinburgh game developer after ruling that her conduct during proceedings, in which she had alleged the respondent’s solicitor had abused and harassed her, had been unreasonable. Michelle Donnelly raised the claim a

A sheriff has determined under section 78 of the Extradition Act 2003 that a man who appeared before him at Edinburgh Sheriff Court under the name Arthur Knight was in fact a wanted fugitive sought by the United States of America to face trial. Nicholas Rossi, who was accused of rape in the state of

A woman who was found liable for the legal expenses of an insurance company following the settlement of a personal injury claim made to the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court has been partially successful in an appeal against the decision to the Sheriff Appeal Court. Pursuer Mary Young reach

A Hamilton sheriff has allowed for a personal injury action by a woman who sought damages from her husband on the ground that he raped her to proceed despite it falling outside of the normal three-year time limit on such actions. Pursuer AM sought permission for the action under section 19A of the P

A Stornoway sheriff has allowed a proof in a dispute between an Aberdeen firm of solicitors and their commercial landlord over whether they had validly terminated the lease of their business premises. Iain Hingston, the sole director of Hingston’s Law Ltd, along with employees Graeme Murray an

An NHS clinical support worker at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary who was injured by a patient brought in by the police has lost a personal injury case against the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland. Beverly Gilchrist, aged 57, argued that her injuries were the responsibility in law of the

The Sheriff Appeal Court has upheld the decision of a summary sheriff that evidence of receipt of a service notice was necessary with any execution of postal service in simple procedure actions where no response is made by the respondent party. Appellant Cabot Financial (UK) Ltd sought decree of pay

A Glasgow sheriff has ordered the operators of the SSE Hydro Arena to pay nearly £100,000 to an American religious charity after finding it had no defence for cancelling an event involving a controversial religious speaker. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which arranged with Scottis