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In cases where there is public interest or where the sentence may be complicated or controversial, the judge may decide to make the sentencing statement more widely available. You can read the judge’s full statement here once sentence has been passed.
We also issue tweets to alert our followers as soon as statements are published. .
For more information about how judges decide sentences and what sentences are available to them, see the Scottish Sentencing Council website.
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Friday, 8 June, 2018
Court Opinions
A request for a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a ruling on the question of whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally revoke its notice of intention to the leave the EU has been refused. The Court of Session ruled that the question being asked was “hypothetical” and that the conditions for a reference had not been met. The following is a summary of the opinion of Lord Boyd of Duncansby.
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Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
Court Opinions
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has succeeded in an appeal for £130 million damages against Hochtief Solutions AG following the collapse of a tunnel at the Glendoe hydro-electric scheme in 2009. An Appellate Division of the Court of Session allowed a reclaiming motion by SSE against a decision of the Court of Session, which found that Hochtief was not liable for the collapse, although the commercial judge at that stage had awarded £1 million to SSE to reflect the period during which the electricity generation scheme was out of operation. The following is a summary of the court opinion:
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Tuesday, 27 March, 2018
Court Opinions
The owners of a Scottish estate who were seeking to challenge a decision to the effect that they had breached “the right to roam” by locking three gated entrances to the land and by erecting a sign warning of wild boar have had their appeal dismissed. An appellate division of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by Renyana Stahl Anstalt, the Liechtenstein-based owners of the Drumlean Estate in the Trossachs, against a decision of the Sheriff Appeal Court (SAC), which upheld a complaint by Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority over the extent to which the landowners required to afford access to members of the public over the estate in terms of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The following is a summary of the opinion of the court.
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Tuesday, 20 March, 2018
Court Opinions
A petition seeking judicial review of the United Kingdom Government’s “position” on the revocability of a notice of intention to withdraw from the European Union in terms of Article 50.2 of the Treaty on European Union has been granted permission to proceed following an appeal. The following is a summary of the opinion of the court.
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Friday, 8 September, 2017
Court Opinions
The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) against a ruling by the Upper Tribunal in an appeal by Findmypast Limited, a company providing access to genealogical and ancestry websites which claimed repayment of the value added tax (VAT) accounted for in respect of unredeemed vouchers. The following is a summary of the opinion of the court.
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