Tag: Court of Session
Court of Session finds STL control area requirements “unlawful”
A crackdown on short-term lets by The City of Edinburgh Council has been ruled unlawful for a second time – with a judge describing the authority’s approach as ‘unfair and illogical’.Short-term-let (STL) operators took...
Court of Session proceedings to be shown live from today
New broadcasting equipment has been installed in Court 1 at the Court of Session where live-streaming of cases will begin from today.This will be the first court in Scotland to allow cases to...
Delay to strip club licensing scheme after ‘nil cap’ struck down by legal decision
The start date for a new strip club licensing scheme in Edinburgh has been pushed back, after a move by the city council to ban any from operating was struck down by a judge.The...
Appeal hearing will be live streamed from the Court of Session
For the very first time, an appeal hearing is to be live-streamed by the Court of Session. The case of Glasgow City Council v VFS Financial Services Ltd & others and West Dunbartonshire Council...
Court of Session decides council must offer accommodation to homeless man
by Joseph Anderson Local Democracy ReporterThe City of Edinburgh Council has lost a court case raised against them by a homeless Sudanese man, after it "failed in its statutory obligation" to help him and...
Back to the Court of Session on Brexit on Monday
There have been several court cases raised as a result of the ongoing debate and impasse on Brexit. One of these, the Vince case, was raised in the Court of Session last month and...
Brexit case to be heard at Court of Session on Tuesday
The Court of Session in Edinburgh will tomorrow hear that Boris Johnson’s actions to shut down parliament are ‘unconstitutional and unlawful’.The Cherry case to prevent the PM’s attempt to shut down Parliament will...
Two new judges appointed
The Scottish Government has announced this morning that two new judges will be appointed to the two highest Scottish courts, the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the...
Court of Session upholds appeal on minimum pricing for alcohol
Earlier today the Court of Session published its decision in the case brought by The Scottish Whisky Association against government plans to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol.The court rejected a legal challenge from the...
Court of Session to hear ‘right to die’ case today
A three judge panel at the Court of Session in Edinburgh will today hear the appeal of Gordon Ross, former Treasurer of Humanist Society Scotland (HSS), who is seeking an order to clarify the...
Supreme Court issues decision on Scottish prisoners’ voting rights
The UK Supreme Court has confirmed its earlier stance that prisoners should not have the right to vote, despite the European Court of Human Rights having declared that preventing prisoners from voting is illegal.The decision...
Court of Session ‘ignored’ in new UK legislation
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BILL COULD UNDERMINE SCOTTISH COURTSThe Intellectual Property bill which will secure its second reading in the House of Commons today could sweep away centuries of determining and resolving patent cases in Scotland,...
Action Group to appeal court decision over Portobello Park
The Reporter has heard this morning from the local campaign group who will be following their further legal advice and going back to court. They have been trying for some considerable time to thwart...
