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The sheriff refused a statutory appeal against a fitness to practise decision, holding that adjournment and absence complaints failed, and that evidential errors did not vitiate the result.
Note of Appeal against Conviction by by Daniel Alexander Robertson (High Court of Justiciary) [2024] HCJAC 45 (23 October 2024)
The Appeal Court refused an appeal against conviction for rape, holding that the trial judge acted within her discretion in refusing further adjournments or desertion.
BILL OF ADVOCATION BY CONNIE LEE GRAHAM AGAINST HIS MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2022] ScotHC HCJAC_36 (14 September 2022)
The Appeal Court held that a summary sheriff could competently continue a sentencing diet and make related procedural decisions under section 45 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
WALEED IL SHITANI (AP) AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT [2022] ScotCS CSIH_14 (09 March 2022)
The Inner House refused an asylum appellant’s challenge to the Upper Tribunal’s refusal of permission to appeal, finding no arguable error of law or real prospect of success.
APPEAL BY JAMES CRAIGIE TANNAHIL THOMSON AGAINST THE ARCHITECT REGISTRATION BOARD [2021] ScotCS CSIH_54 (08 October 2021)
The Inner House refused an architect’s appeal against erasure, holding that proceeding in his absence was fair and the sanction was not excessive.
Potts v HM Advocate [2015] ScotHC HCJAC_124 (10 December 2015)
The Appeal Court refused a Crown extension of the 12-month time limit, holding that the delay arose from an avoidable breakdown in procurator fiscal administration.
IN APPEAL BY I.M. AGAINST HMA [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_91 (19 August 2014)
The court refused an appeal against extending the 12-month time bar after an essential Crown witness failed to attend because of a misunderstanding over electronic citation.
BILAL URUK v. HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_46 (28 February 2014)
The Appeal Court refused Bilal Uruk’s appeal against an extension of the time bar, holding the sheriff was entitled to find sufficient cause in the circumstances.
Chilcot v Procurator Fiscal, Stonehaven [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_7 (17 January 2012)
The court held that a summary prosecution need not always be cited before it can competently proceed, and refused the appeal as timeous commencement was established.
McSporran v HM Advocate [2011] ScotHC HCJAC_56 (10 June 2011)
The court held that a sentencing adjournment for a proof in mitigation was at common law, not under section 201 of the 1995 Act, so the sentence was competent.
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