Case Reports

16 Aug 2018

Judge dismisses legal challenge against Scots law approving abortions at home

16 Aug 2018

7 minutes

15 Aug 2018

Breach of the peace conviction for ‘smiling and winking’ at schoolboy quashed

15 Aug 2018

6 minutes

14 Aug 2018

Final extract of a decree does not render the court ‘functus’, judge rules

14 Aug 2018

7 minutes

13 Aug 2018

Murder conviction quashed over advocate depute’s ‘unfair’ speech to jury

13 Aug 2018

7 minutes

10 Aug 2018

Appeal Court upholds assault conviction over sheriff’s alleged ‘misdirection’ on identification evidence

10 Aug 2018

6 minutes

9 Aug 2018

Malaysian asylum-seeker granted leave to challenge decision to reject ‘fresh claim’ over fear of religious persecution

9 Aug 2018

4 minutes

8 Aug 2018

Assault case dropped after sheriff upholds ‘oppression’ complaint against Crown 

8 Aug 2018

6 minutes

7 Aug 2018

Man accused of making sexually offensive comments granted permission to elicit evidence of previous ‘light-hearted sexual discussions’ with complainers

7 Aug 2018

6 minutes

3 Aug 2018

Children’s Hearing legislation read down to ensure participation test is ECHR-compliant

3 Aug 2018

9 minutes

2 Aug 2018

Father-of-two secures children’s return to Germany after mother ‘wrongfully retained’ them in Scotland

2 Aug 2018

6 minutes

1 Aug 2018

Case against women accused of ‘threatening and abusive behaviour’ dropped after police destroyed CCTV evidence

1 Aug 2018

6 minutes

31 Jul 2018

Asylum-seeker who feared religious persecution if returned to Nigeria successfully challenges decision to reject ‘fresh claim’

31 Jul 2018

5 minutes

30 Jul 2018

Appeal Court exercises ‘dispensing power’ to overrule decision on invalidity of unsigned citation

30 Jul 2018

6 minutes

30 Jul 2018

Supreme Court: Legal permission no longer required to end care for patients in vegetative state

30 Jul 2018

6 minutes

Legal permission will not be required to end care for patients who are in a long-term vegetative state, the Supreme Court has ruled. The question in this appeal is whether a court order must always be obtained before clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (“CANH”), which is keeping

27 Jul 2018

Child sex offender who claimed ‘mutual corroboration’ could not be applied to charges loses appeal against conviction

27 Jul 2018

6 minutes