Case Reports

A man accused on summary complaint of housebreaking against whom solemn proceedings over the same incident were dropped following an appeal has failed in a plea to ...

The General Court of the European Union has confirmed the Commission’s decision to accept the commitments of Thomson Reuters intended to remedy its abuse of a dominant ...

A man accused of rape who challenged a decision by a judge to refuse his application to allow questioning of the complainer which he argued would show ...

A “fugitive from justice” in Poland who claimed that his extradition from Scotland would breach his human rights has had an appeal refused. Jaroslaw Pofelski, who claimed ...

The operator of a shop who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that ...

A man who was jailed for 13 years after being convicted of raping his daughter and his niece has had an appeal against his sentence refused. The ...

In the Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights has held, by 15 votes ...

The posting of a hyperlink on a website to works protected by copyright and published without the author’s consent on another website does not constitute a “communication ...

A company based in Lancashire has admitted health and safety offences after an employee fell through a void in the floor of a building under construction at ...

A teenager who was jailed after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of a quantity of heroin with a maximum street value of £1,100 has ...

A council has successfully challenged a decision by the Scottish Ministers to grant planning permission for the development of a railfreight terminal on greenbelt land in North ...

in bribery, he was a “bad leaver” in terms of the Glasgow-based logistics company’s article of association and was entitled on disposal of his shares to ...

An 18-year-old motorist who was caught driving without insurance will not have his licence revoked after a sheriff found that there were “special reasons” for not endorsing ...

A man who claimed he was unaware that a document he signed included an indemnity has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to dismiss his case. The Sheriff ...

A former Navy officer who was jailed after being convicted of brandishing a knife and punching a 17-year-old boy which resulted in his victim having to undergo ...