Case Reports

A cyclist who was injured after being “catapulted” over his bike when the front wheel hit a metal strip in the road has successfully sued a Scottish ...

The man found guilty of the “World’s End” murders has had his appeal against sentence refused. Angus Sinclair, who was convicted in 2014 of raping and murdering ...

A man found guilty of assaulting and robbing a homeless person who claimed that the sheriff erred in repelling a “no case to answer” submission and that ...

A man accused of assault and a statutory breach of the peace who was acquitted after a sheriff refused to grant a further adjournment in a part-heard ...

A “good arguable case” for the purposes of proceeds of crime proceedings in which an enforcement authority is seeking the civil recovery of property obtained through “unlawful ...

A garden centre cafe employee who was injured at work after falling in the kitchen has had an action for damages dismissed after failing to prove his ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled* the Dublin III Regulation allows member states to send an applicant for international protection to a ...

A ferry operator that sued the Scottish Government after it unsuccessfully bid for a contract to provide services between the Northern Isles and mainland Scotland has failed ...

The European Court of Justice has dismissed an action by The Body Shop to have a decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) ...

The Inner House of the Court of Session has published its reasons for refusing an appeal by a man found guilty of murder against a decision to ...

A young person with autism who was granted decree against a local authority to pay for a further year of his education at a private school for ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that bonuses awarded by banks to employees in the form of redeemable shares in offshore companies, in order to take advantage of ...

A man found guilty of murder whose conviction was later quashed following a successful appeal has had a legal bid for compensation for the years he spent ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed its design of a ride-on suitcase for children, affirming criticisms made ...

The niece of a woman who signed a deed disponing of her family home to other members of the family has been granted decree of reduction on ...