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JB AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2022] ScotHC HCJAC_38 (28 September 2022)
Appeal against conviction refused. The court held that delay in proceeding did not make the trial unfair, and JB’s hearsay evidence was admissible with safeguards.
GRAHAM, APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY RYAN GRAHAM AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2018] ScotHC HCJAC_69 (15 November 2018)
Appeal against conviction and sentence involving hearsay from a deceased complainer, Article 6 fairness, and sexual offence charges. Appeal refused.
INQUIRY UNDER THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AND INQUIRIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976 INTO THE SUDDEN DEATH OF PAUL HARPER [2011] ScotSC 169 (28 October 2011)
Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Paul Harper at HMP Gateside. The sheriff found death by hanging and made no further findings under section 6(1)(c), (d) or (e).
INQUIRY UNDER THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AND INQUIRIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976 INTO THE SUDDEN DEATH OF THOMAS JAMES STRAIN [2010] ScotSC 164 (28 September 2010)
Fatal accident inquiry into the death of Thomas James Strain in HM Prison Kilmarnock. The sheriff found no reasonable precautions or system defects that caused the death.
Transco Plc v. Her Majesty's Advocates (2) [2004] ScotHC 68 (16 September 2004)
The court refused Transco’s appeal, holding that a complex, lengthy jury trial was not shown to be inevitably unfair under Article 6 ECHR.
TRANSCO Plc v. Her Majesty's Advocates [2004] ScotHC 57 (16 September 2004)
The court refused Transco’s appeal, holding that a complex, lengthy jury trial on a Health and Safety Act charge was not shown to be unfair under Article 6.
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