Case Reports

The Court of Session has refused an application for leave to appeal against an £800,000 award made by an arbitrator following a dispute between parties to a ...

A father and son found guilty of attempted murder who claimed there was “insufficient evidence” to prove that they each participated in the assault have failed in ...

The owners of the “Tartan Army” trade mark have failed in a legal bid to prevent another company using the name without its permission. Tartan Army Limited ...

A man found guilty of a series of rape and sexual abuse charges has successfully appealed against his conviction of some of the offences. The Criminal Appeal ...

Comparative advertising based on prices as between shops having different formats and sizes is unlawful in certain circumstances and is also liable to be misleading if the ...

A debtor does have the necessary “interest” to apply for reappointment as a trustee in a sequestration where further assets come to light following discharge, appeal sheriffs ...

A Scottish local authority has been granted a court order to bury the mummified remains of a couple who died decades ago. Hilda Marcel and her husband ...

A 10-year jail term imposed on a former soldier who was convicted of more than 90 firearms related offences was not “unduly lenient”, appeal judges have ruled. ...

A businessman who is suing his solicitors over the loss and damage he claims to have sustained following the sale of part of his interest in a ...

A teenager who was issued with a fixed penalty notice for a breach of the peace but failed to pay has had a bid to suspend registration ...

A Scots lawyer who has was found guilty of professional misconduct has failed in an appeal against a decision to strike him off the roll of solicitors. ...

A man accused of housebreaking against whom solemn proceedings were dropped following an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to extend the 12-month time bar has had a ...

A resident of the Short Strand area of Belfast has succeeded in their appeal against the Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after Justices ...

A drug dealer who was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment and ordered to forfeit his vehicle after admitting being concerned in the supply of ecstasy has successfully ...