Scottish Legal News

5 days ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] EAT 74Judgment:Court:Employment Appeal TribunalJudge:Lord Colbeck Claimant and respondent James Blair was employed by the appellant on a 23-month fixed term contract, following which he brought a claim against them for disability discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments. The appellant challenged the decision in three respects, including errors as to the law and whether it was just and equitable to allow the claim to proceed out of time.

6 days ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] CSIH 16Judgment:Court:Court of Session Inner HouseJudge:Lord Clark The reclaimers, members of the Jaguar Land Rover group of companies and associated finance partners, argued that the lord ordinary erred in finding that Steven Milligan was a suitable person to be the representative party in the proceedings.

1 week ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] HCJAC 24Judgment:Court:Appeal Court of the High Court of JusticiaryJudge:Lord Beckett Appellant NS, who was 18 when he committed the offences, argued that the sentencing judge had put undue weight on the sexual element of the offences in determining that an OLR was appropriate. The judge fixed a punishment part of four years, backdated to December 2022 following the appellant’s remand in custody and interruption by a nine-month detention for another charge.

1 week ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] SAC (Crim) 4Judgment:Court:Sheriff Appeal CourtJudge:Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar Appellant Janet Macfarlane challenged her conviction on the basis that there were no grounds for a reasonable apprehension that her dog, Diego, would injure any person. The sheriff imposed an order for contingent destruction of the dog requiring that Diego was kept on a lead and muzzled when in public places.

1 week ago | scottishlegal.com | Mitchell Skilling

About this case: Citation:[2025] CSIH 15Judgment:Court:Court of Session Inner HouseJudge:Lord Doherty Gordon Brechin, the locality area manager for the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, challenged the decision in favour of parents LO and EO, arguing that it was not open to the sheriff to make the transfer request. A curator ad litem was appointed to ensure that the child NO’s interests were appropriately considered.