Case Reports

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A man found guilty of rape who claimed that the complainer’s social media posts showed that she had lied to the court about how the incident affected her has had a “fresh evidence appeal” dismissed. The appellant argued that the evidence, which only came to light after the trial, showed that t

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Thousands of current and former employees involved in an equal pay dispute with Scotland’s largest local authority have successfully challenged the council’s job salary re-grading scheme after complaining that the process was “fundamentally flawed”. The Inner House of the Court of Session qu

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A couple from England have been granted a court order to adopt two Scottish children despite the children’s parents opposing the applications. The siblings were taken into care following concerns about their well-being while in the care of their parents and had been living with their natural mothe

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A Pakistani asylum seeker who claimed he would be persecuted because of his homosexuality if he was removed from the UK and returned to his home country has successfully challenged a decision to dismiss his appeal. The Inner House of the Court of Session remitted the case to the First-tier Tribunal

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A housing association tenant who challenged his landlord’s proposal to increase his rent has successfully appealed against a Private Rented Housing Panel (PRHP) decision as to what was a “fair rent” for the property. By a majority of two-to-one, judges in the Inner House of the Court of Sessio

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