Judicial Review of John Paton Mr Paton, a short term prisoner, had his petition against a decision to refuse early release under a curfew rejected. Mr Paton brought a judicial review against the Government and this was heard in the Outer House. Mr Paton was due to serve a 12 [...]

HMA v William Wright 2019 Mr Wright has had his appeal against conviction and sentence refused at the High Court of Justiciary. The appeal against sentence relied on the appeal against conviction being successful in this case. Mr Wright was found guilty after trial of historic sexual offences in relation [...]

HMA v Natalie McGarry 2019 Former MP, Ms McGarry, has received interim liberation pending the outcome of her appeal against conviction and sentence. Lord Turnbull granted Ms McGarry bail at the High Court in Edinburgh. Ms McGarry was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty [...]

HMA v Edward Cairney 2019 Mr Cairney who was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow for murdering Margaret Fleming has now lodged an intention to appeal against his conviction and sentence. He was sentenced to a minimum term of 14 years imprisonment. The note of appeal is due to [...]

HMA v Graham Waton 2019 Mr Watson who appealed against his conviction has had this refused at the High Court in Edinburgh. The appellant argued that the offences of rape and sexual assault that he was found guilty of in August 2018 were not similar enough to provide “mutual corroboration.” [...]

HMA v Darren Boland and Daniel Kinlan 2019 Two nineteen year olds have had their attempted murder convictions quashed. Both teenagers were found guilty of murdering Mr Tella last year after stamping on his head repeatedly in 2015. Daniel Kinlan and Darren Boland, both 19, viciously attacked Ajani Tella, 60, [...]

HMA v NH 2019 NH, who was accused of sexual offences against his daughter, has appealed against a decision to prosecute him successfully. NH was charged as a result of admitting grounds at a children’s referral and this provided corroboration, which the Crown used to raise the criminal proceedings. The [...]

HMA v CJB The High Court in Edinburgh has refused the Crown’s appeal against sentence for a man who was not imposed with a prison sentence for domestic abuse offences. CJB was instead given a restriction of liberty order and a community payback order with supervision and hours of unpaid [...]

HMA v Thomas Telford Mr Telford who was found guilty by a jury of attempted murder in Livingston High Court and sentenced to nine and a half years imprisonment has had his appeal against conviction refused. Mr Telford claimed he was acting in self defence but the Trial judge ruled [...]

HMA v Sean Barclay 2019 Mr Barclay, who was pled guilty to theft and possessing a prohibited firearm, has successfully appealed against his sentence. The appeal court ruled that in relation to the theft charge of stealing fake rifles from an army base, that the sentence was excessive when taken [...]