Case Reports

A lord ordinary has allowed a proof before answer in a civil damages action raised by the family of Emily Drouet, a University of Aberdeen student who committed suicide after being abused by her boyfriend, but only in respect of the claims of her siblings who were under 16 at the time of her death.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused the substantial part of an appeal against an interdict pronounced against an environmental campaigner and researcher who trespassed onto fish farming sites to take video footages of the fish, but allowed for amendments to tighten its scope. Pursuer and respondent

An application for permission to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland’s Social Security Chamber by a man who sought additional living and mobility points in respect of Adult Disability Payment on the basis of an enlarged prostate has been refused by the Upper Tribunal for

A man convicted of assaulting members of his extended family between 1999 and 2001 has lost a High Court appeal against one of the charges after failing to establish that the jury had been misdirected on corroboration. Appellant JH argued that the trial judge had misdirected the jury in relation to

A former prisoner at HMP Edinburgh jailed for raping his teenage daughter and her friend has lost a legal challenge against five of the conditions imposed on his automatic release on licence. Petitioner AB was jailed for 12 years for two charges of rape at common law and two charges of lewd, indecen

A Malawian woman who was refused a human rights visa after separating from her abusive husband who initially sponsored her application has successfully had a decision that her claim was unfounded reduced by a Lord Ordinary. The petitioner sought reduction of a decision of the Secretary of State for

A petition by two Scottish fishing organisations challenging a decision to vary the economic link licence condition in relation to Scottish sea fishing licences aimed at increasing pelagic fish landings has been refused by the Court of Session. Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd and Shetlan

A motion for breach of an interdict issued by the Sheriff Appeal Court preventing a landowner from interfering with servitude rights of access and repair for a septic tank servicing the dominant tenement’s property has been refused by the SAC on the basis that it was not the competent forum fo

A lord ordinary has assoilzied all eight defenders in a long-running action brought by the former sole shareholder in a company that went into administration after a share sale after holding that he had failed to establish he had been induced to sell the shares by a fraudulent conspiracy between his

An anonymous soldier has been imprisoned for six months for contempt of court after he failed to appear at a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of three men during a military operation in Northern Ireland in 1991. The petitioner, the Presiding Coroner of Northern Ireland, sought to enforce a ce

A lord ordinary has found that a company minority shareholder who signed a loan agreement to offset losses in share value in the sale of the company was required to pay back the totality of the sum to the majority shareholders who offered her the loan, having failed to establish that the agreement w

An English university lecturer with ADHD who was repeatedly refused promotion to a higher lectureship grade has lost an appeal against the decision of the Employment Tribunal to dismiss the substantial part of his claim against his former employer. Simon Pipe, a former BBC journalist and grade 6 lec

The owner of a small pub in Dundee has been found liable for a breach of copyright after it was alleged that he had shown football matches on Sky channels in the bar without a subscription, but not for any damages arising from the breach. Sky Ltd and Sky UK Ltd sought damages of £10,000 from p

The Outer House of the Court of Session has granted the mother of two boys who were subjected to abuse from their alcoholic father permission to relocate with them to her native Australia. Both the pursuer and the defender, referred to as R and S, held parental rights and responsibilities over their

A sheriff has granted a petition for a couple to be appointed as executors dative to a deceased by virtue of a power of attorney granted in their favour by his wife, the executrix nominate of the estate. The will of the late Robert Thompson appointed his wife Jean as executor nominate. Mrs Thompson