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Professional regulation [2026] CSIH 13

Patrick Henry McAuley for leave to appeal a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Court of Session)

Patrick Henry McAuley for leave to appeal a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Court of Session) [2026] CSIH 13 (17 March 2026)

The court granted leave to appeal on one issue about whether correspondence could amount to professional misconduct, and refused permission on all other grounds.

  • Eligibility decisions
  • Professional misconduct
  • Procedural fairness
  • Appeals process
  • Professional-regulation
  • Administrative-law
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Family law [2026] SACCIV 8

AW against KM (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

AW against KM (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 8 (23 January 2026)

The Sheriff Appeal Court held that an interlocutor granting commission and diligence is not an order ad factum praestandum, so the appeal required leave and was incompetent.

  • Appeals
  • Commission and diligence
  • Orders ad factum praestandum
  • Sheriff court practice
  • Data protection
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure [2025] SACCIV 33

Note in application for permission to appeal to the Court of Session by Cabot Financial (UK) LTD against Jordan Walls (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Note in application for permission to appeal to the Court of Session by Cabot Financial (UK) LTD against Jordan Walls (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 33 (08 July 2025)

The Sheriff Appeal Court refused permission to appeal in a dispute about expenses in undefended simple procedure claims, finding no important point of principle or other compelling reason.

  • Appeals
  • Expenses
  • Simple procedure
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Simple-procedure
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Civil procedure [2025] SACCIV 33

Note in application for permission to appeal to the Court of Session by Cabot Financial (UK) LTD against Jordan Walls (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Note in application for permission to appeal to the Court of Session by Cabot Financial (UK) LTD against Jordan Walls (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 33 (08 July 2025)

The Sheriff Appeal Court refused permission to appeal in a dispute about expenses in an undefended simple procedure debt claim, finding no important point of principle or practice.

  • Judicial expenses
  • Simple procedure
  • Appeals
  • Stare decisis
  • Simple-procedure
  • Judicial-expenses
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Criminal law [2025] HCJAC 28

Crown appeal against sentence by HMA against Calum Donald Dennis MacGregor (High Court of Justiciary)

Crown appeal against sentence by HMA against Calum Donald Dennis MacGregor (High Court of Justiciary) [2025] HCJAC 28 (27 June 2025)

The High Court allowed a Crown appeal against sentence for rape and sexual assault, increasing imprisonment from 4 years 6 months to 6 years 6 months.

  • Sentencing
  • Rape
  • Sexual offences
  • Appeals
  • Mitigation
  • Consent
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Criminal law [2024] SACCRIM 11

Appeal against conviction by stated case by Waseem Akram against PF Glasgow (Sheriff Appeal Court Criminal)

Appeal against conviction by stated case by Waseem Akram against PF Glasgow (Sheriff Appeal Court Criminal) [2024] SACCRIM 11 (24 December 2024)

The Sheriff Appeal Court held that flawed voice-identification evidence should not have been admitted, but the conviction still stood on other evidence.

  • Sexual offences
  • Evidence
  • Identification procedures
  • Appeals
  • Voice-identification
  • Criminal-evidence
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Criminal law [2024] ScotSAC Crim 3

BILL OF ADVOCATION BY DEBBIE CUMMING v PF FALKIRK

BILL OF ADVOCATION BY DEBBIE CUMMING v PF FALKIRK [2024] ScotSAC Crim 3 (23 April 2024)

Appeal in the Sheriff Appeal Court (Criminal) in a bill of advocation by Debbie Cumming against PF Falkirk, decided on 23 April 2024.

  • Criminal-law
  • Appeals
  • Sheriff-appeal-court
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Civil procedure [2024] ScotSAC Civ 16

NATALIE MANLEY v THOMAS McLEESE

NATALIE MANLEY v THOMAS McLEESE [2024] ScotSAC Civ 16 (16 April 2024)

The Sheriff Appeal Court refused an appeal against summary decree and an award of expenses, holding there was no real prospect of success for the appellant.

  • Appeal
  • Expenses
  • Summary decree
  • Civil-procedure
  • Summary-decree
  • Appeals
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Legal profession [2024] ScotCS CSIH_5

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL BY JENNIFER CHINWO AGAINST SLCC

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL BY JENNIFER CHINWO AGAINST SLCC [2024] ScotCS CSIH_5 (12 April 2024)

The Inner House refused leave to appeal against the SLCC’s handling of complaint issues about a solicitor, finding no error of law, procedural impropriety, or irrationality.

  • Professional misconduct
  • Procedural impropriety
  • Error of law
  • Appeals
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Scottish-legal-complaints-commission
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Insurance law [2024] ScotSAC Civ 13

APPEAL IN THE CAUSE MICHAEL MARSHALL v BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

APPEAL IN THE CAUSE MICHAEL MARSHALL v BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED [2024] ScotSAC Civ 13 (10 April 2024)

The Sheriff Appeal Court dismissed Michael Marshall’s appeal, affirming the sheriff’s decision that he had not established liability under the insurance policy.

  • Insurance claim
  • Appeal procedure
  • Insurance-law
  • Civil-procedure
  • Appeals
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Scotland decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.

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