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High Court Opinions


Most decisions are given verbally by judges in court. Written decisions will usually be provided when a case involves:

  • a matter of principle
  • a particular point of general public importance
  • a case where substantial evidence was heard.

When decisions are given in writing, they are published, ordered by the date of publication. A judge may rule that in the interest of justice, a particular case should  not be published.

 

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Case Title Date of Opinion Date Published Judge
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY NATALIE McGARRY  19/12/2019 16/05/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Glennie
APPEAL UNDER SECTION 103 OF THE EXTRADITION ACT 2003 BY JAMES CRAIG AGAINST THE LORD ADVOCATE REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES 31/03/2022 01/04/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Pentland
APPEAL BY JOHN QUINN AND MARK SUTHERLAND AGAINST HMA 20/09/2019 28/03/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Malcolm
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AW AND HB 28/01/2021 28/03/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Pentland
NOTE OF APPEAL BY HMA AGAINST BL 23/03/2022 28/03/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
CRAIG MURRAY AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
 25/03/2022 25/03/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lady Paton
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY STEVEN JOSEPH JAMES STALLEY 11/02/2022 11/02/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY PATRICK HATTIE 02/02/2022 10/02/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
CROWN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 74 BY HMA AGAINST PAUL COONEY 09/02/2022 09/02/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BY JSC 03/02/2022 08/02/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY LIAM STEWART 01/02/2022 08/02/2022
  • Lord Doherty
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY KEIRAN WEBSTER 01/02/2022 08/02/2022
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Doherty
APPEAL BY STEPHEN MOTRONI AGAINST PROCURATOR FISCAL, KILMARNOCK 02/02/2022 02/02/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews

THE APPEALS AGAINST A DECISION OF THE SHERIFF OF LOTHIAN AND BORDERS AT EDINBURGH IN THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE EXTRADITION OF JENNIFER AMNOTT, VALERIE PERFECT HAYES AND GARY REBURN

 28/01/2022 28/01/2022
  • Lord President
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
AN APPLICATION BY THE LORD ADVOCATE UNDER SECTION 4(3)(B) OF THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2011 SEEKING AUTHORITY TO BRING A NEW PROSECUTION IN THE HIGH COURT AGAINS SEAN PATRICK TIFFNEY 20/01/2022 24/01/2022
  • Lady Dorrian
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Brodie
PETITION TO THE NOBILE OFFICIUM BY CRAIG MURRAY AGAINST HMA 20/01/2022 24/01/2022
  • Lord Carloway
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
HMA v KB 30/10/2020 21/01/2022
  • Sheriff S G Collins QC
APPEAL BY XY AGAINST HMA 12/01/2022 19/01/2022
  • Lord Malcolm
APPEAL UNDER SECTION 26 OF THE EXTRADITION ACT BY KEVIN McGOURTY AGAINST THE LORD ADVOCATE 12/01/2022 12/01/2022
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Doherty

NOTE OF APPEAL UNDER SECTION 65(8) OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 BY HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE AGAINST NEIL THOMAS GEORGE GRAHAM

 17/09/2021 06/01/2022
  • Lord Carloway
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Malcolm
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY JACK FERGUSON AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE 02/12/2021 31/12/2021
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Doherty
  • Lord Matthews
NOTES OF APPEAL BY DYLAN WILLIAMSON AND KIARA-LEE GALLAGHER 08/12/2021 16/12/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BT JSC AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  25/11/2021 08/12/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
MP AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE
 09/02/2021 30/11/2021
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Pentland
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY GRPW AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  04/11/2021 04/11/2021
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
CROWN APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY HER MAJESTY'S AGAINST MICHAEL McCARTHY  26/10/2021 26/10/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY RAYMOND NYIAM AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
 
 19/10/2021 19/10/2021
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
BILL OF SUSPENSION BY BRIAN DOCHERTY AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
 
 19/10/2021 19/10/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY AB AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 08/10/2021 08/10/2021
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEALS AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY (1) KEVIN MILLER AND (2) LAUREN MILLER AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE

 06/05/2021 30/09/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Matthews
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY GARY ORR AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  10/09/2021 16/09/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Malcolm
APPEAL UNDER SECTION 74 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 BY JW AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  12/02/2021 07/09/2021
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Pentland
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY KIERAN MALCOLMSON AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  24/08/2021 24/08/2021
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Doherty
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY COLIN MARSHALL  AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  17/08/2021 24/08/2021
  • Lord Doherty
  • Lord Pentland
APPEALS BY BRIAN JAMES MEIGHAN, KEVIN JAMES KANE AND DAVID SUTHERLAND PUGH AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  17/08/2021 17/08/2021
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY JOHN DOCHERTY AND DON TEMPLETON AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 11/02/2020 29/07/2021
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
BILL OF ADVOCATION FOR ROSS PATRICK AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE 17/01/2020 29/07/2021
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Malcolm
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY PAUL STUART SMITH AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  01/07/2021 07/07/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Pentland
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY DILLIN ARMSTRONG AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 24/06/2021 28/06/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland

NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY JOHN DEENEY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 		 23/06/2021 28/06/2021
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Pentland
CROWN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 28 OF THE EXTRADITION ACT 2003 BY THE LORD ADVOCATE AGAINST SHKELQIM DAJA 22/06/2021 22/06/2021
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEALS AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY (1) ROSS MacDOUGALL and (2) DAWN SMITH AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
 22/06/2021 22/06/2021
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Turnbull
PETITION AND COMPLAINT BY HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE AGAINST CRAIG MURRAY 08/06/2021 08/06/2021
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AARON ROBERT DINES KNOWN AS MORRISON AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 

 13/05/2021 20/05/2021
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Justice General
NOTES OF APPEAL BY GORDON DEWAR AND BARRY McLEAN 27/04/2021 05/05/2021
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
RA AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE 23/04/2021 27/04/2021
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL UNDER SECTION 26 OF THE EXTRADITION ACT 2003 BY ILIA ILIEV 31/03/2021 08/04/2021
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Justice General
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LATE ABDELBASET ALI MOHAMED AL MEGRAHI
AGAINST (FIRST) HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE; AND (SECOND) HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE GENERAL		 01/04/2021 01/04/2021
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Justice General
MARK WILLIAM DUTHIE AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE 30/03/2021 31/03/2021
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Justice General

HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE AGAINST CRAIG MURRAY

25/03/2021 25/03/2021
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk