Scottish Legal News

1 week ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] CSOH 42Judgment:Court:Court of Session Outer HouseJudge:Lord Sandison Turning Point Scotland sought reduction of a decision to award certain lots in a public contract to the Salvation Army under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, instead of to it. Each party claimed that the other party’s position was irrelevant in law with the matter coming before the court to determine whether either argument of irrelevance was made out.

1 week ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] HCJAC 22Judgment:Court:Appeal Court of the High Court of JusticiaryJudge:Lord Beckett Appellant Richard Mullen maintained that allowing the trial to continue following the dismissal of his solicitor and difficulties in instructing another constituted a miscarriage of justice. The Crown maintained that the circumstances did not merit desertion of the trial and the sheriff had fairly exercised his discretion.

1 week ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] CSOH 40Judgment:Court:Court of Session Outer HouseJudge:Lord Lake Shorsh Mohammadi, an Iranian national who suffered from reduced mobility and memory issues after his leg was amputated due to a gunshot injury, sought judicial review of a decision of the Home Secretary to refuse his application for exemption. He argued that the respondent was required to exercise discretion in circumstances such as his, and he ought to have been granted the exemption.

1 week ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] CSOH 41Judgment:Court:Court of Session Outer HouseJudge:Lord Braid Papel Payment Services Provider LLC sought to enforce an order it obtained ex parte in the Dubai Commercial Court of First Instance against Monitox Ltd, a company registered in Scotland which solely operated in London. The defender argued it had no effective opportunity to challenge the payment order which led to that judgment.

2 weeks ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] HCJAC 21Judgment:Court:Appeal Court of the High Court of JusticiaryJudge:Lord Beckett Oluwatayo Dada was convicted at Inverness High Court of one charge of sexual assault and another of sexual assault and rape against complainers XX and YY in 2013 and 2021 respectively. On appeal he argued that his representative had failed to present video footage of the complainer that he took on his mobile phone during their encounter.