Case Reports

A man who was sentenced to five-and-a-half months’ imprisonment for assaulting his wife with one month attributed to a breach of a Community Payback Order (CPO) has had his sentenced reduced after appeal sheriffs ruled that the sheriff’s approach was “fundamentally flawed”. The Sheriff Appea

A man found guilty of dangerous driving who claimed that there was “insufficient evidence” to corroborate his admission that he was the driver and that the warning he received from police that he was to be prosecuted was given “at the time the offence was committed” has had his appeal agains

A Scottish local authority which raised an action for £12 million in damages over the loss of a social housing development claiming that a firm of architects appointed as lead consultant had “assumed responsibility” for the other contractors’ negligence has had its claim dismissed following a

The owners of a Scottish estate who were seeking to challenge a decision to the effect that they had breached “the right to roam” by locking three gated entrances to the land and by erecting a sign warning of wild boar have had their appeal dismissed. The Inner House of the Court Session has ref

A Scottish local authority which failed to provide an adequate plan to support an autistic child’s return to secondary school breached its duty not to discriminate on the grounds of disability. The Inner House of the Court of Session refused an appeal by Edinburgh City Council against an Additiona

The family of a mechanical fitter who died of an asbestos-related illness in England after inhaling the deadly dust while working as an apprentice at a shipbuilding company in Scotland will have to pursue their claim for damages under English law, a judge in the Court of Session has ruled. Relatives

Two dogs that were sentenced to death for being “dangerously out of control” have been given a stay of execution after their owners successfully appealed against court orders for their destruction. The Sheriff Appeal Court quashed the orders made against Sasha the Rottweiler and Floyd the Staffo

A petition seeking judicial review of the United Kingdom Government’s “position” on the revocability of a notice of intention to withdraw from the European Union in terms of Article 50.2 of the Treaty on European Union has been granted permission to proceed following an appeal. The Lord Ordina

A man who was seeking to challenge a sheriff’s decision to order his extradition to Poland on the basis that he had been living “a normal life” in Scotland has had an application for leave to appeal dismissed. Radoslav Kisiel, who was made the subject of a European Arrest Warrant in 2010, also

A man who was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of a series of sexual offences against two boys has had an appeal against his conviction rejected. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled that there was “no merit” in the appellant’s argument that t

A “flasher” who was sentenced to a total of three years’ imprisonment for breaching community payback orders after being convicted of two “random acts of sexual exhibitionism” has had the custodial term reduced following an appeal. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled tha

A man with an “uncontrollable obsession” with child pornography who was given an extended sentence after being convicted of being in possession of indecent images of children has successfully appealed against the sentence imposed.

A father and daughter who were seeking leave to appeal a tribunal decision but failed to turn up to court because they got the date of the hearing wrong have had their application dismissed. A judge in the Inner House of the Court of Session refused the application having considered the papers and n

A father-of-two who was sentenced to four years and three months' imprisonment following his conviction of the culpable homicide of his terminally ill wife in what was described as a “final act of love” has been admonished after appeal judges quashed his sentence. Ian Gordon, 67, was jailed afte

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has had a £200,000 claim for interest following his successful £200,000 defamation action against the publishers of the News of the World dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the ex-Scottish Socialist Party leader’s subsequent prosecution for perjury an