Case Reports

12 Sep 2018

Drug dealers’ sentences cut following appeal over ‘double counting’ of serious organised crime aggravation

12 Sep 2018

6 minutes

11 Sep 2018

High Court issues judgment on discount rate to be applied to penalties in road traffic cases

11 Sep 2018

8 minutes

10 Sep 2018

Deportation of father-of-two convicted of drugs offences did not meet ‘high threshold’ for removal of EU national

10 Sep 2018

7 minutes

The Home Secretary’s decision to deport a Polish father-of-two following drink-driving and drugs offences has been overturned after appeal judges ruled that the “high threshold” for the removal of an EU national had not been met. The Inner House of the Court of Sessi

7 Sep 2018

Rangers administrators’ damages claims against Lord Advocate for ‘wrongful prosecution’ to proceed to full hearing

7 Sep 2018

5 minutes

6 Sep 2018

Pro-independence blogger granted full hearing in £25,000 defamation claim against Labour MSP

6 Sep 2018

6 minutes

5 Sep 2018

Family of fatal heart attack victim fail in negligence claim over GP’s failure to call ambulance

5 Sep 2018

7 minutes

4 Sep 2018

Company director fails in appeal against decision to dismiss insurance claim over fire

4 Sep 2018

6 minutes

3 Sep 2018

Iranian asylum seekers win appeal for rehearing of religious persecution claims after tribunals ‘disregarded’ churchgoers’ evidence

3 Sep 2018

8 minutes

31 Aug 2018

‘Drink-driving’ accused fails in appeal against sheriff’s decision to delay trial

31 Aug 2018

6 minutes

30 Aug 2018

Family of asbestos victim granted full hearing in damages claim against executor of estate of partner in former employer

30 Aug 2018

8 minutes

30 Aug 2018

Supreme Court makes declaration of incompatibility between widowed parent’s allowance and ECHR

30 Aug 2018

6 minutes

The requirement that a claimant of widowed parent’s allowance must have been married to or have been the civil partner of the deceased unjustifiably discriminates against the survivor and/or the children on the basis of their marital or birth status, justices in the Supreme Court have ruled. T

29 Aug 2018

Court allows appeal against sheriff’s decision that measure specified in CSO was not justified

29 Aug 2018

7 minutes

28 Aug 2018

Former fiscal granted full hearing in £1.3m damages claim against Lord Advocate for ‘stress at work’

28 Aug 2018

6 minutes

27 Aug 2018

Crime gang member loses appeal against sentence for cocaine deal but successfully challenges travel ban

27 Aug 2018

8 minutes

24 Aug 2018

Appeal Court warns against judges praising party litigants’ opponents to avoid ‘perception of bias’

24 Aug 2018

4 minutes