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Petrea Cooney against City of Edinburgh Council (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCEDIN 31 (13 March 2026)
The Sheriff Court dismissed a challenge to Edinburgh Council’s refusal to renew a short-term let licence, holding the decision was lawful, rational, and adequately reasoned.
Kirk Harrison against Aberdeen City Council (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCABE 18 (18 December 2025)
A sheriff refused a statutory appeal against refusal of a short-term let licence, holding the committee was entitled to rely on possible undue public nuisance.
Partnership of Myriam Pierette Maresq & Hafid Mahboubi (t/a La Belle Angele) & Anor, Re Application For Judicial Review [2000] ScotCS 199 (14 July 2000)
The Court of Session reduced a licensing board decision limiting late-night hours where the board relied on fly-posting by promoters, an irrelevant and unsupported basis.
Akrami v City Of Glasgow Licensing Board [2000] ScotCS 51 (1 March 2000)
The Court of Session dismissed an appeal against refusal to renew an off-sales licence, holding that the public nuisance ground under section 17(1)(c) stood independently of errors on fitness under section 17(1)(a).
Glasgow Corporation v. Barclay, Curle, & Co., Ltd [1922] ScotLR 329 (18 March 1922)
The Court of Session held that heavy boiler traffic causing exceptional street wear was not, on these facts, an actionable abuse of the streets at common law.
MRS. MARGARET CARR BAXTER v. CENTRAL FIFE DIVISIONAL LICENSING BOARD and THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF FIFE CONSTABULARY [1999] ScotSC 8 (15th April, 1999)
The first defenders erred in law by applying an absolute standard of responsibility to the licence holder without requiring evidence of knowledge or culpability, and by equating any illegal activity with a threat to public order or safety. The process was also tainted by a breach of natural justice due to the chairman's remarks, which created an appearance of bias.
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