Case Reports

A sheriff has granted summary decree for payment of a loan granted by a company director to a homebuyer after finding that nothing in the agreement prevented the company, which was used as a vehicle for the loan, from demanding payment without the consent of the director. New House Purchasers Ltd so

A Falkirk sheriff has dismissed an action originally raised by a woman under section 28(2) of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 seeking payment from her former cohabiting partner after finding that her alternative case based on unjustified enrichment had not been made out. Pursuer Leanne McGunnigal

A Crown appeal against the 13-year punishment part of a life sentence imposed on a man who beat his friend unconscious and left him outside to die has succeeded before the High Court of Justiciary, with the punishment part extended by four years. Christopher Brown was convicted of the murder of Henr

A woman who assaulted a door steward at a bar and then bit a police constable after being arrested has had her custodial sentence quashed and replaced with a community payback order after appealing against her sentence to the High Court of Justiciary. Appellant CD pled guilty to three charges on ind

Two pilots who claimed that they lost the chance to bring personal injury claims against their employer as part of a group action in England due to the negligence of a firm of Scottish solicitors they instructed have been awarded damages after it was found they had a 40 per cent chance of success in

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a company director against a sheriff’s decision that an obligation under a personal guarantee to account for a £20,000 loan debt owed by his company had effectively transferred to the assignee of that debt. Appellant Kenneth Scott was the

A law graduate who sought to appeal her 2:1 degree classification but was told she could not raise an appeal after her graduation has won an appeal against a decision of the court to uphold a finding of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman that there had been no viable ground of complaint. Petitio

A hairdresser who was convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old man with dementia in a care home has lost a Sheriff Appeal Court challenge to the conviction based on an argument that there was insufficient corroboration of the evidence that she had committed an assault. Elaine Murphy, who was convicted

A High Court judge in Birmingham has ruled that the insurer of a stolen motorbike that was involved in an accident at a crossroads that injured a 15-year-old pillion passenger on the bike was liable to pay damages for the injuries he sustained, albeit with a 20 per cent reduction for contributory ne

A commercial judge has determined that a reporter instructed to provide an opinion on the reasonableness and cost of repairs to an office building in Edinburgh following the end of a commercial lease had not fully discharged his remit and issued directions for further investigations. Rutland Court R

An East Kilbride sheriff has dismissed a streamlined eviction action by a housing association against a tenant convicted of a drug supply offence after finding it would be disproportionate to evict him. East Kilbride Housing Association raised the action against its tenant T, who resisted the evicti

A Ghanaian student who was initially granted clearance to enter the UK in 2022 but was told at the border that he had not been permitted entry has won a challenge against the decision to cancel the entry clearance he had originally been granted. Jones Owusu challenged the decision of the Home Secret

An appeal by the former client of a firm of surveyors against an order for payment for services in relation to a boundary discrepancy at her property she claimed rendered her house unsellable has been refused by the Sheriff Appeal Court. Alias Smith & Garrett Ltd originally raised a Simple Proce

A solicitor who was granted a conditional practising certificate after applying to be restored to the roll of solicitors has lost a Court of Session challenge against the imposition of the condition by the Practising Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Scotland. Patrick McAuley, whose name was remov

A man who was sexually abused by a priest at a Roman Catholic primary school when he was five or six and developed Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of that and other abuse has been awarded £627,000 in damages by the Outer House of the Court of Session. The anonymous pursuer,