Case Reports

A former Catholic priest who claimed he left his post due to trauma from sexual abuse he endured whilst training for the role has been awarded £455,000 by a judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session. The pursuer, referred to as D, raised the action against the Bishop’s Conference

A Scottish man who had a metal-on-metal prosthetic hip fitted in 2009 that he claimed was defective has lost a final appeal against the refusal of his case in the UK Supreme Court. John Hastings had sought damages from the manufacturers of the hip, Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and Stryker, under sectio

A woman who taught at a school in Glasgow and who entered into a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student has had her headline sentence reduced by six months after an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary. The appellant, NP, pled guilty to a contravention of section 42 of the Sexual Of

A Sri Lankan national who claimed he was at risk from authorities due to his participation in the 2006-2009 civil war has lost a final appeal against the dismissal of his asylum claim by the First-tier Tribunal. The appellant, A (SR), originally claimed asylum in the UK at port on 11 September 2012.

A judge in the Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that two civilian employees of the United States Air Force working on bases in the UK were unable to raise claims in the Employment Tribunal due to the doctrine of state immunity. The first claimant, Anthea Webster, was dismissed from her role in Oc

An English Family Court judge has granted permission for a dual UK-US citizen to relocate with her two young children, both of whom had heart conditions, to Boston following her separation from her husband. Applicant TR and respondent JM had two daughters together, aged six and four, and had lived t

A computer engineering specialist who alleged that his Scottish university employer had discriminated against him on grounds of race has lost his case before the Employment Tribunal. Dr Shawki Al-Dubaee was employed on a fixed-term contract by the University of Strathclyde from February 2019 to Febr

A copyright judge in the English High Court has found that an interactive dining experience based on the classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses infringed copyrights held by a company controlled by the family of the show’s creator.  Shazam Productions Ltd raised claims of copyright infringem

An appeal by a car dealership against a sheriff’s decision to order a proof in an action raised by a woman seeking a refund on the cost of a Bentley SUV has lost an appeal against the decision in the Sheriff Appeal Court.   Parks of Hamilton (Townsend Garage) Ltd sold the £141,

A sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the death by hanging of a prisoner in HMP Barlinnie has concluded that there were no recommendations he could make to help prevent similar deaths. The deceased, Scott Hannah, died on 27 November 2019 within his cell at 6:50am. The inquiry heard evid

A landlord who was ordered in his absence to pay £700 to a former tenant for an alleged breach of tenancy deposit regulations has successfully had the case remitted to the First-tier Tribunal for reconsideration. Graham Devine appealed to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland following an initial ap

A Dundee sheriff has granted an application by the Accountant in Bankruptcy for reduction of a 2017 disposition of heritable property in favour of a sequestrated man and his second wife and ordered the couple to execute a fresh disposition in the AiB’s favour. Graeme Allan, the first defender,

An appeal by a man charged with fraud and money laundering against a sheriff’s decision not to grant an application for the disclosure of the prior convictions of an individual mentioned in his special defence of incrimination has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary. The appellant, MA

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a whisky distillery against a judge’s decision not to grant interdict in a trade mark infringement case brought against another company proposing to develop a retail site in a village near the distillery. Tomatin Distillery Compa

A retired HGV driver who was given a custodial sentence for causing a death by driving without due care and attention has lost his appeal against the sentence in the High Court of Justiciary. Ian Moorhouse pled guilty to a contravention of section 2B of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and was sentenced to